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In health care, leg ulcers are "ulceration of the skin and underlying structures of the lower extremity. About 90% of the cases are due to venous insufficiency (varicose ulcer), 5% to arterial disease, and the remaining 5% to other causes."^[1] Other causes include the diabetic foot.

For more information, see: Diabetic foot and Venous insufficiency.

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 ==Treatment==
-There is "no statistically significant difference in healing between an  antimicrobial (silver) fibrous-hydrocolloid dressing and standard  alginate dressing; or an antimicrobial dressing (iodine-impregnated) and  a standard fibrous hydrocolloid dressing" according to the [[Cochrane Collaboration]]. <ref  name="pmid22336859">{{cite journal| author=Dumville JC, Deshpande S,  O'Meara S, Speak K| title=Hydrocolloid dressings for healing diabetic  foot ulcers. | journal=Cochrane Database Syst Rev | year= 2012 | volume=  2 | issue=  | pages= CD009099 | pmid=22336859 |  doi=10.1002/14651858.CD009099.pub2 | pmc= | url= }} </ref>
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 ==References==
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