ABDEFS' scoring system: a new method of evaluating chronic ulcers.

Six clinical features of chronic skin ulceration are employed to described a new scoring system. When utilised in 50 evaluations of chronic leg ulcers, a significant correlation with independent observations of the same ulcers, based on the clinical judgement of an expert, was obtained. The new method of scoring can be applied with ease, requires no special training, and can be used consistently by health workers.