Wadher BHARAT, Hartalkar AMOL, Nagoba BASAVRAJ

Citric acid treatment of large non-healing ulcer in a patient with chronic liver disease

Sağ bacağınde iyileşmeyen venöz ülseri olan 45 yaşında erkek hasta bildirilmiştir. Hasta bir çok ek hastalığı ile birlikte kronik karaciğer hastalığına sahipti. Ülser bir aydan fazla süredir klasik tedvilere cevap vermiyordu. İyileşmeyen bu venöz ülser basit olarak %3'lük sitrik asit ile bir ay hergün uygulandı. Herhangi bir komplikasyon gözlenmeden yara iyleşti.

Kronik karaciğer hastalığı olan bir hastada iyileşmeyen venöz ülser tedavisinde sitrik asit

A case of 45-years-old male patient with a large non-healing ulcer over right leg is reported. Patient was a known case of chronic liver disease and was having multiple underlying problems. The ulcer was not responding to conventional treatment for more than one month. This non-healing ulcer was treated simply by local application of three percent citric acid ointment every day for a month, which led to complete healing of the ulcer without any complications.

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