Compression for venous leg ulcers

The Handbook of Research Synthesis

1994 • 1,149 citations

Chronic ulceration of the leg: extent of the problem and provision of care.

1985 • 740 citations

Epidemiology of chronic venous ulcers

1991 • 415 citations

A systematic review of compression treatment for venous leg ulcers

1997 • 354 citations

Prevalence of lower limb ulceration in an urban health district

1992 • 175 citations

A prospective, randomized trial of Unna's boot versus Duoderm CGF hydroactive dressing plus compression in the management of venous leg ulcers

1992 • 107 citations

The impact of leg ulcers on patients' quality of life.

1995 • 106 citations

An environment for healing: The role of occlusion

1986 • 103 citations

A prospective, randomized trial of Unna's boots versus hydroactive dressing in the treatment of venous stasis ulcers.

1988 • 102 citations

Lothian and Forth Valley Leg Ulcer Healing Trial, Part 1: Elastic versus Non-Elastic Bandaging in the Treatment of Chronic Leg Ulceration

1992 • 92 citations

A prospective randomised trial of four-layer versus short stretch compression bandages for the treatment of venous leg ulcers.

1998 • 89 citations

Unna's Boot vs Polyurethane Foam Dressings for the Treatment of Venous Ulceration

1990 • 79 citations

A prospective, randomized trial of Unna's boots versus hydroactive dressing in the treatment of venous statis ulcers

1988 • 79 citations

Management of statis leg ulcers with Unna' s boots versus elastic support stockings

1985 • 65 citations

Comparison of two occlusive bandages in the treatment of venous leg ulcers

1986 • 60 citations

Compression therapy for venous leg ulcers.

1997 • 60 citations

A comparison of sub-bandage pressures produced by experienced and inexperienced bandagers

1992 • 43 citations

Prospective Comparison of Healing Rates and Therapy Costs for Conventional and Four-Layer High-Compression Bandaging Treatments of Venous Leg Ulcers

1998 • 43 citations

Evaluation: Trial of two bandaging systems for chronic venous leg ulcers

1997 • 33 citations

Comparison of Rosidal K and SurePress in the treatment of venous leg ulcers

1999 • 32 citations

Assessment of a New One-Layer Adhesive Bandaging Method in Maintaining Prolonged Limb Compression and Effects on Venous Ulcer Healing

1992 • 30 citations

Venous Leg Ulcer Healing: A Randomized Prospective Study of Long-Stretch versus Short-Stretch Compression Bandages

1998 • 27 citations

Single-layer and multilayer bandaging in the treatment of venous leg ulcers

1997 • 26 citations

Setopress vs Elastocrepe in chronic venous ulceration

1998 • 25 citations

Evaluation of a transparent dressing in the treatment of stasis ulcers of the lower limb

1985 • 16 citations

Assessing nurses' knowledge of bandages and bandaging

1993 • 11 citations

A randomised trial of single layer and multi-layer bandages in the treatment of chronic venous ulceration

1995 • 10 citations

Clinical comparison of a new compression bandage

1990 • 10 citations

[Two therapeutic models in venous leg ulcers are compared: better results with optimized compression].

1996 • 6 citations