Compression modalities and dressings: Their use in venous ulcers

Dermatologic Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 338-347

  Sackheim, Kimberly ^a   De Araujo, Tami S ^a   Kirsner, Robert S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic and nonelastic compression; Occlusive dressings; Venous ulcer

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALGINIC ACID; CADEXOMER IODINE; CHARCOAL; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; COLLAGEN; FLAVONOID; PENTOXIFYLLINE; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); PROTEINASE; SILVER;

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; BANDAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; EXERCISE; EXUDATE; FOAM; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYDROCOLLOID DRESSING; HYDROGEL DRESSING; HYPERTENSION; MOISTURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; TRANSPARENT DRESSING; ULCER; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN SURGERY; VENOUS HYPERTENSION; VENOUS PRESSURE; WOUND HEALING;

HUMANS; LEG ULCER; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; RECURRENCE; SKIN CARE; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 33845613150     PISSN: 13960296     EISSN: 15298019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2006.00092.x     Document Type: Review

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