Compression therapy for treating post-thrombotic syndrome

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2019, Issue 9, 2019, Pages

  Azirar, Sara ^a   Appelen, Diebrecht ^b   Prins, Martin H ^c   Neumann, Martino H A M ^d   de Feiter, Adriaan N P ^e   Kolbach, Dinanda N ^a  

^a Department of Dermatology   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Huidcentrum Limburg   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LEG SWELLING; MECHANICS; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTHROMBOSIS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN IRRITATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMPLICATION; COMPRESSION STOCKING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); VEIN THROMBOSIS; ADVERSE EVENT; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRURITUS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHAM PROCEDURE; SKIN BLEEDING; STATISTICAL BIAS;

HUMANS; POSTTHROMBOTIC SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 85072791801     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004177.pub2.     Document Type: Note

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