The influence of different sub-bandage pressure values on venous leg ulcers healing when treated with compression therapy

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 655-661

  Milic, Dragan J ^a   Zivic, Sasa S ^a   Bogdanovic, Dragan C ^b   Jovanovic, Milan M ^a   Jankovic, Radmilo J ^b   Milosevic, Zoran D ^b   Stamenkovic, Dragan M ^c   Trenkic, Marija S ^a  

^a Clinical Centre Nis   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^c CLINICAL CENTRE KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPEN STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SITTING; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; ULCER HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; SUPINE POSITION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77649181647     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.10.042     Document Type: Article

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