A factorial, randomized trial of pentoxifylline or placebo, four-layer or single-layer compression, and knitted viscose or hydrocolloid dressings for venous ulcers

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 134-141

  Nelson, E Andrea ^a,b   Prescott, Robin J ^b   Harper, Douglas R ^b   Gibson, Barbara ^b   Brown, Dorothy ^b   Ruckley, C Vaughan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENTOXIFYLLINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGING TECHNIQUE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALING; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATEMESIS; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID DRESSING; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN ULCER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH DISCOMFORT; STROKE; SYNCOPE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ULCER; ULCER HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES, HYDROCOLLOID; CELLULOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATOR AGENTS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33845922097     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.09.043     Document Type: Article

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