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Some complications of chronic wounds
| • Sinus formation |
| • Fistula |
| • Unrecognised malignancy |
| • Malignant transformation in the ulcer bed (Marjolin's ulcer) |
| • Osteomyelitis |
| • Contractures and deformity in surrounding joints |
| • Systemic amyloidosis |
| • Heterotopic calcification |
| • Colonisation by multiple drug resistant pathogens, leading to antibiotic resistance |
| • Anaemia |
| • Septicaemia |
