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The effects of different ulcer aetiology and ulcer size on outcome were also assessed.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>All patients who had excision and mesh grafting for chronic leg ulceration between January 1996 and December 2004 at St Thomas' Hospital were reviewed. Recurrence was classified as any breakdown of the ulcer during follow-up.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Sixty-two patients with 100 chronic leg ulcers underwent operation. Seventy-two of the ulcers were venous and the median ulcer size was 36 (range 1\u00b75\u2013192) cm2. Only three patients left the hospital with their ulcers unhealed, but ulcers had recurred in 28 (28 per cent) by 2 months. A further 17 ulcers recurred later, with just over half (55 per cent) remaining healed by 5 years. There was no difference between the recurrence rates of venous ulcers and ulcers of other aetiologies (P = 0\u00b7980), or large (more than 10 cm2) and small ulcers (P = 0\u00b7686).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Wide local excision and meshed skin grafting benefitted over half of these patients with refractory leg ulcers. Recurrence was most likely to occur in the first 2 months and, provided that ulcers were healed at this time, there was a low rate of further breakdown.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/bjs.5619","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2006,12,6]],"date-time":"2006-12-06T13:19:25Z","timestamp":1165411165000},"page":"194-197","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Excision and meshed skin grafting for leg ulcers resistant to compression therapy"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"94","author":[{"given":"S","family":"Abisi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Academic Department of Surgery, St Thomas' Hospital , Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH,","place":["UK"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"J","family":"Tan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Academic Department of Surgery, St Thomas' Hospital , Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 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