Review: compression was effective for healing venous ulcers, and multicomponent systems were better than single-component ones

Review: compression was effective for healing venous ulcers, and multicomponent systems were better than single-component ones.

ED FROM O’Meara S, Cullum NA, Nelson EA. Compression for venous leg ulcers. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2009;(1):CD000265. Correspondence to: Dr S O’Meara, University of York, York, UK; [email protected] Source of funding: National Institute for Health Research, UK. c Clinical impact ratings: General/internal medicine 6/7; Haematology (except oncology) 5/7; Wound care 6/7 C O M M EN TA R Y T he ti...

3 layer paste bandages were more effective than 4 layer bandages for healing venous leg ulcers.

et al. Randomized clinical trial of three-layer paste and four-layer bandages for venous leg ulcers. Q Are 3 layer paste bandages as effective as 4 layer bandages for healing of venous leg ulcers? METHODS Design: randomised controlled trial. Setting: a hospital leg ulcer outpatient clinic in London, UK. Patients: 133 patients (56% men) with venous leg ulcers. Exclusion criteria: arterial diseas...

4 layer elastic bandages were most cost effective than multilayer inelastic bandages for healing venous leg ulcers.

Sustained compression and healing of chronic venous ulcers.

STUDY OBJECTIVE Comparison of four layer bandage system with traditional adhesive plaster bandaging in terms of (a) compression achieved and (b) healing of venous ulcers. DESIGN Part of larger randomised trial of five different dressings. SETTING Outpatient venous ulcer clinic in university hospital. PATIENTS (a) Pressure exerted by both bandage systems was measured in the same 20 patient...

Total contact casts were better than removable cast walkers or half shoes for healing diabetic neuropathic foot ulcers.

Patients 75 patients with diabetes who had clinically significant loss of protective sensation ( > 25 V) as measured with a biothesiometer, >1 palpable foot pulse or a transcutaneous oximetry measurement > 40 mm Hg at the dorsum of the fore foot, and a superficial neuropathic plantar diabetic foot ulcer corresponding to grade 1A (University of Texas Diabetic Wound Classification System). Exclus...