Recommendations for the local management of digital ulcers in systemic sclerosis: A report from the World Scleroderma Foundation (WSF) ‘Ad hoc committee’
These recommendations are specifically tailored to guide treatment decisions concerning both local and non-pharmacological approaches to managing SSc-related DUs. Our work has highlighted a notable quality gap in comparison to systemic treatments, underscoring the scarcity of high-quality studies concerning this topic.
Authors
- Laura Ross (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4636-729X)
- Michael Hughes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3361-4909)
- Leland W.K. Chung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0072-6939)
- Nancy Maltez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8535-4312)
- Begonya Alcacer‐Pitarch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2208-444X)
- Janet Pope (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1479-5302)
- Corrado Campochiaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6806-3794)
- Dilia Giuggioli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0041-3695)
- Jan W. Schoones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1120-4781)
- Yannick Allanore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6149-0002)
- Khadija El Aoufy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3278-8296)
- Daniel E. Furst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7857-2373)
- Oliver Distler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0546-8310)
- Francesco Del Galdo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8528-2283)
- Murray Baron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0435-6165)
- Tracy Frech (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5472-3840)
- Pia Moinzadeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8784-8615)
- Alessia Alunno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1105-5640)
- Yossra A. Suliman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2919-1966)
- Masataka Kuwana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8352-6136)
- Thomas Krieg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5616-8476)
- Christopher Paul Denton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3975-8938)
- Marco Matucci‐Cerinic
Institutions
- Délégation Paris 5 (FR)
- University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (IT)
- Western University (CA)
- University of Leeds (GB)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (IT)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- University of L'Aquila (IT)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (GB)
- Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
- Jewish General Hospital (CA)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (AU)
- San Salvatore Hospital (IT)
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
- NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit (GB)
- Assiut University Hospitals (EG)
- Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IT)
- University Hospital Cologne (DE)
- University of Florence (IT)
- University College London (GB)
- McGill University (CA)
- Nippon Medical School (JP)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Scleroderma and Related Disorders
- Published
- 2025-05-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/23971983251339821
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.94