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Past issues of the Journal of the Leg Ulcer Forum are available here as pdf files.

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Issue 11 - Summer 1999

  • Issue 11 is available as a 1.2Mb pdf download..
  • Complexities of infection in diabetic foot ulceration
  • Microbiological perspective of infection in leg ulceration: does biosurgery have a role to play in treatment?
  • Infection in leg ulcers
  • Sickle cell disease and leg ulceration
  • Hounslow & Spelthorne Community Leg Ulcer Clinics ­ 1 year Recurrence Rate Audit

Issue 12 - Winter 1999

  • Issue 12 is available as a 2.8Mb pdf download..
  • Larval Therapy ­ an international perspectiv e * District leg ulcer services ­ assessment of local need
  • The Leg Ulcer Forum ­ Ireland Branc h * Developing Leg Ulcer Services in Northern Ireland

Issue 13 - Summer 2000

  • Issue 13 is available as a 1.5Mb pdf download..
  • Conference Report ­ December 199 9 * Clinical Governance ­ the challenges within Wound Care
  • Management of mixed leg ulcer disease
  • The Leg Ulcer Forum (Ireland Branch) ­
  • Conference report
  • Symptom Control ­ the highest priority ? * Research update
  • Ulcer Care ­ a poem

Issue 14 - Spring 2001

  • Issue 14 is available as a 0.5Mb pdf download..
  • Conference Report ­ December 200 0 * Living With Leg Ulcers ­ a Patient's Perspective
  • The Views of Non-compliant Patients
  • Malodorous Wounds
  • Body Image and Self Esteem
  • Complementary Therapies
  • Psycho-social effects of Leg Ulceration

Issue 15 -

  • Issue 15 is available as a 0.9mb pdf download..
  • Nurse Prescribing
  • Meet the Sponsors
  • Patient Assessment
  • The Cochrane Wound Group
  • Irish Branch - Conference report

Issue 16 -

  • Issue 16 is available as a 0.5Mb pdf download..
  • Conference Reports
  • Advances in Vascular Nursing for Individuals with Leg Ulceration
  • Involving the Health Care Assistant in Leg Ulcer Management
  • Integrated Care Pathways
  • Clinical Governance: The Implications for Venous Leg Ulcer Management
  • The Use of Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Therapy in Venous Leg Ulcer Management

Issue 17 - Autumn 2003

  • Issue 17 available as a 0.86Mb pdf download..
  • Linking the specialties of Tissue and Dermatology
  • Pulse Oximetry
  • DEBRA Epidermolysis Bullosa
  • Homeless people and injecting drug users: Implications for wounds care
  • Measuring health-related quality of life in leg ulcer
  • Effective analgesta in a patient with a venous leg ulcer
  • Managing pseudomonas wound infection and colonisation satisfaction survey in leg ulcer management

Issue 18 - Autumn 2004

  • Issue 18 is available as a 0.83Mb pdf download..
  • How the role of the vascular surgeon has changed during the last ten years
  • The management of patients with a healed ulcer
  • The role of healthcare assistants in compression bandaging:
  • Case study: Necrobiosis Lipoidica
  • An audit of healing rates for venous leg ulcer

Issue 19 - Autumn 2005

  • Issue 19 is available as a 6.49Mb pdf download..
  • Pathways for diagnosis in leg ulceration
  • Compression therapy of venous leg ulcers: stockings or bandages?
  • Keeping the patient at the centre of wound care
  • Managing venous leg ulcers in Acute Trust
  • How good are we at preventing venous leg ulceration?
  • The development of a nurse-led clinic for the management of patients with, or'at-risk' of, chronic oedema

Issue 20 - Autumn 2006

  • Issue 20 is available as a 3.68Mb download.

Issue 21 - Autumn 2007

  • Issue 21 is available as a 1.5Mb download.

Issue 22 - Autumn 2008

  • Issue 22 is available as a 1.4Mb download