Table 2.

Characteristics of excluded studies

Study	Reason for exclusion
Bowles 2002 [28]	Population: Diabetes patients with and without foot ulcers. Separate data for foot ulcers not available.
Dobke 2008 [30]	Population: Mixed, including patients with pressure ulcers. Separate data for venous/arterial leg ulcers and diabetic foot ulcers not available.
Edmondson 2010 [41]	Study design: uncontrolled before-after study
Edwards 2009 [42]	Intervention: not telemedicine follow-up
Hands 2006 [31]	Population: Mixed, separate data for venous/arterial leg ulcers and diabetic foot ulcers not provided by author. Author confirmed that telemedicine was used for diagnostic purposes rather than follow-up in the majority of patients.
Kim 2004 [32]	Study design: Prospective cohort study without comparison of exposed (telemedicine follow-up) and non-exposed (no telemedicine follow-up) patients.
Lazzarini 2010 [43]	Study design: Multiple case study
Manuel 2012 [44]	Study design: Uncontrolled before-after study
Nagykaldi 2003 [45]	Study design: Uncontrolled before-after study
	Population: Diabetes patients. Separate data for ulcers not available.
Nyheim 2010 [46]	Study design: Qualitative study
	Outcomes: Change in knowledge about chronic ulcers among nurses.
Santamaria 2004 [29]	Population: Mixed, including pressure ulcers and surgical ulcers. Separate data for foot and leg ulcer patients not available.