Faster Healing and a Lower Rate of Recurrence of Venous Ulcers Treated With Intermittent Pneumatic Compression: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial | |
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aVascular and Wound Care Center, University Hospital, Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School, Newark; and bCenter for Curative and Palliative Wound Care, Calvary Hospital, Bronx, NY |
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Correspondence: oalvarez@comcast.net | |
Keywords: venous ulceration, secondary lymphedema, chronic venous insufficiency, randomized controlled clinical trial, intermittent pneumatic compression |
Objective: Fifty-two subjects with chronic venous insufficiency and hard-to-heal lower leg ulceration (>1-year-old and >20-cm2 surface area) were treated with either intermittent, gradient, pneumatic compression (n = 27) plus standard compression therapy or compression therapy alone (control). Methods: Compression therapy consisted of a nonadherent primary wound dressing plus a 4-layer compression bandage (n = 25). The mean ....... |