Surgery Definition – How to describe an ulcer?
Surgery Definition – How to describe an ulcer?
Ulcer can be described based on the size, shape, position, edge ( flat for venous ulcer, squared and punched out for diabetic and syphilis, undermined due to tuberculosis or pressure, rolled edge due to basal cell carcinoma, everted due to squamous cell carcinoma), base which may be sloughy or dry, discharge, local nerve an supply of the blood on the site of ulcer, the surrounding tissue of the ulcer and regional lymph node involvement.
Ulcer can be described based on the size, shape, position, edge ( flat for venous ulcer, squared and punched out for diabetic and syphilis, undermined due to tuberculosis or pressure, rolled edge due to basal cell carcinoma, everted due to squamous cell carcinoma), base which may be sloughy or dry, discharge, local nerve an supply of the blood on the site of ulcer, the surrounding tissue of the ulcer and regional lymph node involvement.