BACKGROUND: Leg @entity1066 in @entity4096 , especially the postthrombotic type, are often resistant to therapy. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate short-term and long-term effects of shave therapy in persistent or recurrent @entity3179 . METHODS: From January 1994 to October 1997, 80 @entity1 with 105 @entity6008 were treated by shave therapy. This method involved removing @entity1066 together with the surrounding @entity4165 and covering the wounds with meshed split-skin graft. Fifty-nine @entity1 with 76 @entity1066 were examined after 3 months for assessment of short-term results. The first 18 @entity1 with 26 @entity1066 from the years 1994 and 1995 were evaluated for long-term results. RESULTS: The short-term healing rate after 3 months in 59 @entity1 was 79%. Of 8 @entity1 from 1995 (follow-up period, 1 year and 8 months), 7 @entity1 had complete healing and 1 @entity1 had a small ulcer. Of 10 @entity1 from 1994 (average follow-up period, 2 years and 8 months), 8 @entity1 had complete healing and 2 @entity1 showed small superficial ulcerations within the transplanted areas. From these results, a long-term healing rate of 88% was calculated in 18 @entity1 . Two of the 3 @entity1 with recurrences had stopped compression therapy after good short-term results. CONCLUSION: For @entity1 with @entity6008 in @entity4096 , shave therapy is a simple, quick, and effective surgical method with favorable short-term and long-term results.

Shave therapy is a simple, effective treatment of persistent XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity1066 :: ('MESH:D014456', 'Disease') :: ['ulcers'] @entity4165 :: ('MESH:C537026', 'Disease') :: ['lipodermatosclerosis'] @entity3179 :: ('MESH:D014647', 'Disease') :: ['venous ulcers'] @entity4096 :: ('MESH:D014689', 'Disease') :: ['deep venous insufficiency and/or postthrombosis', 'deep venous insufficiency'] @entity6008 :: ('MESH:D007871', 'Disease') :: ['recalcitrant leg ulcers', 'chronic leg ulcers']
@entity3179 :: (MESH:D014647,Disease) :: ['venous leg ulcers']
