Randomized clinical trial of four-layer and short-stretch compression bandages for venous leg ulcers (VenUS I)

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1292-1299

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOUR LAYER COMPRESSION BANDAGE; HEALING; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT STRETCH COMPRESSION BANDAGE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; ULCER HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 4944240816     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4754     Document Type: Article

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