Randomized controlled trial comparing treatment outcome of two compression bandaging systems and standard care without compression in patients with venous leg ulcers

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1376-1385

  Wong, Irene K Y ^a   Andriessen, Anneke ^b   Lee, Diana T F ^c   Thompson, David ^d   Wong, Lau Yun ^e   Chao, David V K ^e   So, Winnie K W ^c   Abel, M ^f  

^a HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

^f Lohmann and Rauscher ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE EDEMA; ARTICLE; BANDAGING TECHNIQUE; COMPRESSION BANDAGING SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOUR LAYER BANDAGING; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEG PAIN; LEG ULCER; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT STRETCH BANDAGING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMPRESSION BANDAGES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84860376572     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.12.019     Document Type: Article

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