Abstract
Chronic non-healing leg ulcers are skin defects below the knee that resist healing for more than six weeks. They cause physical, emotional, and economic burdens to patients and society. To introduce an innovative medical strategy that targets the chronic inflammation component in non-healing ulcers (NHUs) with rheumatic features and to evaluate its potential effectiveness in achieving complete healing. We employed an empirical medical therapy regimen, which combined medications like deflazacort, colchicine, dapsone, hydroxychloroquine, and azathioprine. We retrospectively selected 25 patients with chronic pedal ulcerswho underwent our therapy. The mean duration of ulcers was 7.84 years, and the time to heal was 5.97 months. Among 25 patients, 19 had atypical ulcers, four had venous ulcers, and two had diabetic neuropathy ulcers. Four patients with venous ulcers additionally underwent endovenous laser ablation. Our medical strategy showed promising results in healing chronic NHUs with rheumatic features without significant steroid-induced adverse effects.
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