[Management of digital ulcers from systemic scleroderma]. / Prise en charge des ulcères digitaux de la sclérodermie systémique: recommandations d'un groupe pluridisciplinaire d'experts.

Digital ulcers are a frequent event in systemic scleroderma. Despite their frequency, there is currently no consensus about their management. Curative treatment is based on local care and vasodilatating agents, together with the prevention of superinfection. Preventive measures require the elimination of risk factors and reeducation. For multiple recurrent ulcers, endothelin receptor inhibitors or prostacyclin derivatives are also prescribed. Surgery is useful in the case of substantial retraction or bothersome calcifications. In all cases, calcium channel blockers are continued.