Comparison of elastic versus nonelastic compression in bilateral venous ulcers: A randomized trial

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1150-1155

  Blecken, Sonja R ^a   Villavicencio, Juan Leonel ^a   Kao, Tzu C ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE EVALUATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEG PHLEBOGRAPHY; LEG ULCER; LIMB BLOOD VESSEL; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; VEIN COMPLIANCE; VEIN OCCLUSION; VENOUS REFLUX;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 29144444006     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2005.08.015     Document Type: Article

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