“Toothbrush” the Feet A Periodic Mechanical Stimulus for Healing of a Severe Chronic Leg Ulcer Periklis Vounotrypidis, Periklis Pappas, Vasilios Vrangalas, Anthimos Pehlivanidis International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds April 5, 2015 Quote: Chronic wounds develop when the sequence of healing events are disrupted, usually in patients with underlying diseases such as diabetes mellitus, venous insufficiency, peripheral artery disease, and neuropathies and they affect most often the lower extremities. We present a 68-year-old woman with plantar ulceration, lasting for approximately 18 months, resistant to healing with conventional therapy and various modalities we used.
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“Toothbrush” the Feet – mechanical stimulation to heel leg ulcers
