Prospective comparison of healing rates and therapy costs for conventional and four-layer high-compression bandaging treatments of venous leg ulcers

Phlebology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 20-24

  Taylor, A D ^a,b   Taylor, R J ^a   Marcuson, R W ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Salford Community Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compression bandaging; Venous leg ulcer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG ULCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031842789     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026835559801300105     Document Type: Article

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