chronic wound
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All consecutive patients ranging between 18 and 85 y, presenting a history of chronic ulcers from more than three weeks that were unresponsive to conservative or advanced dressing treatments or mechanical debridement, were counseled about the use of ESWT as alternative treatment for their wounds.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria were arrhythmias, presence of pacemaker, coagulopathies, tumors, pregnancy, presence of growth cartilage, local acute inflammation, exposed bone and wound size area _1 cm2 or more than 10 _ 20 cm.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcomes was evaluated as % wound closure per week. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Graduate school of medicine,Tohoku university