The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be contributed to by venous leg ulcers:
Skin and subcutaneous (L00-L99).
- Hypodermitis (subcutaneous inflammation).
- Recurrent venous leg ulcer
Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).
- Infection of the wound
Symptoms and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
- Neuropathic pain (approximately 56% of cases).
Further
- Wound healing disorders
- Severely impaired quality of life
