Electrostimulation in Patients with Leg Ulcers

Inclusion criteria

• Venous ulcers C6,Es, As/Ap,Pr according to CEAP classification by Spanish Society of Angiology and Vascular Surgery or demonstrated with duplex Doppler ultrasound
• Who did not respond to conventional treatment.
• Evolution of no less than 12 weeks
• Ulcers with a size > 2 and < 12 cm in any of its dimensions did not affect the dermis and epidermis, but should not spread to the tendon or bone, without formation of ischemia and infection.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with active superficial or deep thrombus phlebitis, chronic arterial insufficiency (figures less than 0.8 in IPTB), neoplasms.
• Treated with chemotherapy or radiation therapy
• Clinically infected ulcers at the time of study evaluation, signs of cellulitis.
• Osteomyelitis or ulcer with a necrotic background Individuals with a surgical history of venous insufficiency at least 12 months prior to undergoing the protocol.
• Participants with diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus erythematosus, or disseminated, mental diseases, electrical implants (bypass), pregnancy and breastfeeding, diabetes mellitus, lung cancer, a history of stroke, or undergoing anticoagulant treatment.
• Patients receiving corticosteroids or some other immunosuppressive, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, histamine antagonists, or antibiotics on a regular basis within 4 weeks prior to the study.