Ulcer healing can cause esophageal scarring and stenosis, which requires repeated balloon dilation or stenting and impairs patients' quality of life. Ohki and colleagues report that ESD combined ...

Just two weeks of mastic treatment led to complete ulcer healing in 70pc of sufferers. But the way mastic gum exerts its healing effect was the subject of some debate. It was initially thought it ...

by management strategies to heal ulcers—which shorten wound-healing time and prevent amputation—and by management and care strategies that become necessary to manage disability after amputation.