VenUS I: A randomised controlled trial of two types of bandage for treating venous leg ulcers

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 29, 2004, Pages

  Iglesias, C ^a   Nelson, E A ^a   Cullum, N A ^a   Torgerson, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BANDAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 4444309754     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta8290     Document Type: Review

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