Sign inLeg Ulcers
UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK
Includes a leaflet called Venous Leg Ulcers.
Tissue Viability Society
A professional organisation to raise standards of good practice in the prevention and treatment of pressure sores, leg ulcers and chronic wounds. However, contains information for carers and patients and the society publishes a number of educational leaflets.
Lindsay Leg Club Foundation
Aims to motivate and empower patients to take ownership of their care. Also seeks to advance education in all aspects of leg health among sufferers, carers, and health professionals.
Leg Ulcers
Information from The Circulation Foundation.
Subfascial endoscopic perforator vein surgery
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Venous Leg Ulcers
Information from the British Association of Dermatologists.
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.