A randomized trial of the Tubulcus multilayer bandaging system in the treatment of extensive venous ulcers

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 750-755

  Milic, Dragan J ^a   Zivic, Sasa S ^a   Bogdanovic, Dragan C ^b   Perisic, Zoran D ^b   Milosevic, Zoran D ^b   Jankovic, Radmilo J ^a   Visnjic, Aleksandar M ^b   Jovanovic, Bojan M ^a  

^a Surgical Clinic   (Macedonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; BANDAGING TECHNIQUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; ULCER HEALING; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34548859792     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.04.062     Document Type: Article

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