This article provides Australian GPs with an overview of Buruli ulcer, including its epidemiology, transmission, clinical features, diagnosis and management.
A male aged 16 years presented to the emergency department with a three-day history of oral ulceration involving the lips that was associated with skin and genital lesions.
This paper discusses an approach to diagnose and treat vulvar ulceration in a postmenopausal woman.
With an expanding global market of dressing products, selection of wound dressings remains an area of concern.
A man aged 55 years presented with a two-week history of an enlarging painful ulcer affecting his right lower leg.
Foot ulcers are an independent predictor of recurrent foot ulcers, foot surgery and amputation.
Diabetic foot ulcers are associated with significant morbidity and mortality and can subsequently lead to hospitalisation and lower limb amputation if not recognised and treated in a timely manner.
This article discusses the process of performing biopsies and excisions from the skin to diagnose or treat skin cancers.
Clinicians should be alert to factors contributing to increased non-melanoma skin cancers.
Radiation therapy may be used as definitive treatment for low-risk cancers, as an adjuvant treatment for high-risk disease or alone for inoperable cases.
VMAT does not have a clearly established role in the management of field cancerisation. Suitably powered, controlled, long-term trials are needed before its routine use can be recommended.
Practitioners can improve diagnostic accuracy of skin biopsies and hasten appropriate management for patients by adopting some simple but effective steps during each biopsy procedure.
This study investigates the effectiveness of two interventions to prevent surgical site infection after below-knee surgery.
This article aims to explore and address the treatment options that primary care practitioners can offer for melasma.
This article investigates skin health in urban-living Aboriginal children and young people presenting to primary care.