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Ninety-nine patients met the inclusion criteria and a controlled, conservative 3-month treatment period was initiated, in which 90 patients were managed with standardised local treatment combined with compression therapy. In this group, 62 VLUs healed within 12 weeks and 28 were still open after 12 weeks. The study group consisted of 22 patients with non-healed ulcers and a control group (n=28), which was selected randomly from the healers. In both groups, venous reflux profiles were assessed using colour-flow duplex imaging. <\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p> The study and control groups did not differ in smoking habits, age, gender or daily oral medications. 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The rate of popliteal reflux was significantly higher in non-healers (59% versus 21%; p=0.0004). <\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p> Long duration of a chronic venous ulcer may predict a poor outcome. 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