Prospective, randomized, controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of adjustable compression Velcro wraps versus inelastic multicomponent compression bandages in the initial treatment of leg lymphedema

Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-19

  Damstra, Robert J ^a   Partsch, Hugo ^b  

^a NIJ SMELLINGHE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERFACE PRESSURE; LEG LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 84877680560     PISSN: 2213333X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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