ZARNAZ WAHID – ASMA KHAN – HUMAIRA TALAT – REEMA MIRZA
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Objective: To determine the gender distribution and frequency of factors leading to varicose leg ulcers.
Study design: Cross sectional study.
Setting: The study was conducted at departments of Dermatology, Vascular surgery and Surgery, Dow University of Health Sciences & Civil Hospital, Karachi.
Duration of study: Six months from 13-01-2010 to 12-07-2010.
Subjects and methods: Seventy eight patients were included who fulfilled the inclusion criteria after taking the informed consent. The SPSS version 10.0 was applied to the data.
Results: There were 53 (67.95%) males and 25 (32.05%) males. The mean