The history of sugar dressing in infected venous leg ulcers

Mirko Tessari

Vascular Diseases Center, University of Ferrara, Italy.

Correspondence: Mirko Tessari, e-mail: mirko.tessari@unife.it

In the current issue of Veins and Lymphatics, Franceschi and co-authors publish an original article proposing sugar as an advanced dressing in infected venous leg ulcers.¹

The first observation about this method was published in early ‘70s in Phlebologie by Leger et al. from Lyon.² Since this article is maybe difficult to find out, despite was cited by Franceschi et al., we invite our readership to read and learn from it, by contacting the Glauco Bassi Library at the Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Ferrara, which is available for everybody who is searching the cornerstones of phlebology³ (Figure 1).

While I was consulting the article of Leger I also found the abstract of the article originally typed in Italian language by Glauco Bassi himself (Figure 2).

Figure 1.

Figure 2.

References

1. Franceschi C, Bricchi M, Delfrate R. Anti-infective effects of sugar-vaseline mixture on leg ulcers. Veins and Lymphatics 2017;6:6652.
2. Leger L, Marchal J, et al. Traitement local des plaies par la bagasse. Phlebologie 1974;27:123-8.
3. Bresadola M. The Bassi Historical International Library of Phlebology at the Ferrara University Hospital. Veins and Lymphatics 2014;3:4150.

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