Topical timolol for a chronic ulcer — a case with its own control

The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 20 January 2014 200 1 49-50 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2014 www.mja.com.au Notable Cases solution once a day to the med ulcer served as a control. Bot hydrocolloid fibre and silicone f the medial ulcer measured 5.0 measured 4.8 4.5 cm (Box 1, Bo the medial ulcer had reduced ward staff requested that the la with timolol as it had deteriorat A trial of topical timolol solution in a 92-year-old patient with two chronic leg ulcers resulted in rapid healing of the treated ulcer. While this finding needs to be confirmed, topical timolol is a simple, inexpensive therapy that has the potential to help heal refractory wounds.