The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be contributed to by chronic wounds:
Skin and subcutaneous (L00-L99).
- Hypodermitis (subcutaneous inflammation).
- Recurrent leg ulcer
- Recurrent wounds, unspecified
Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).
- Infection of the wound
Neoplasms – tumor diseases (C00-D48)
- Malignant transformation (transition from normal cells controlled in their growth to uncontrolled growing tumor cells) possible in the area of persistent wounds
Further
- Wound healing disorders
- Severely impaired quality of life