Clinical and cost-effectiveness of compression hosiery versus compression bandages in treatment of venous leg ulcers (Venous leg Ulcer Study IV, VenUS IV): A randomised controlled trial

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9920, 2014, Pages 871-879

  Ashby, Rebecca L ^a   Gabe, Rhian ^a   Ali, Shehzad ^a   Adderley, Una ^b   Bland, J Martin ^a   Cullum, Nicky A ^c   Dumville, Jo C ^c   Iglesias, Cynthia P ^a   Kangombe, Arthur R ^d   Soares, Marta O ^a   Stubbs, Nikki C ^e   Torgerson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e LEEDS COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; COMPRESSION HOSIERY; COMPRESSION STOCKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; IRELAND; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ULCER HEALING; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPRESSION BANDAGES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84896706575     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62368-5     Document Type: Article

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