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Pending questions in venous ulcers management. Report from a Symposium of the World Union of Wound Healing Societies International Congress

Veins and Lymphatics, 2020
Venous ulcers represent the most frequent ulcers and have a high clinical and socioeconomic significance. Nevertheless, pending questions remain on epidemiology, genetic and biomolecular mechanisms, contraindications and risk factors of compression ...
Giorgio Guarnera, Paolo Zamboni, Olle Nelzen, Ferdinando Mannello, Anneke Andriessen   +4 more
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Diabetic foot disease and oedema [PDF]

, 2013
Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are common and disabling, giving rise to significant morbidity and mortality as well as worldwide socioeconomic problems. Despite treatment, DFUs readily become chronic wounds and may lead to major lower limb amputations.
Ho, TK, Leigh, RD, Tsui, J
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Compression shorts reduce prenatal pelvic and low back pain: a prospective quasi-experimental controlled study [PDF]

, 2019
Background Common prenatal ailments negatively impact performance of activities of daily living and it has been proposed that the use of dynamic elastomeric fabric orthoses, more commonly referred to as compression garments, during pregnancy might aid in
Hing, Wayne, Pope, Rodney, Rathbone, Evelyne, Szkwara, Jaclyn M   +3 more
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MECHANICAL WAYS OF THROMBOPROPHYLAXIS AND THERAPY OF CHRONIC VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY: ACCENT – COMPRESSION THERAPY

Медицинский совет, 2017
The review considers a modern state and historic aspects of the compression use therapy for prevention of thromboembolic complications and therapy of symptoms of chronic venous insufficiency related to chronic vein diseases.
M. N. Kudykin
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Supervised exercise training as an adjunct therapy for venous leg ulcers: a randomised controlled feasibility trial [PDF]

, 2018
Background Venous leg ulcers (VLUs) are typically painful and heal slowly. Compression therapy offers high healing rates; however, improvements are not usually sustained.
Aboyans, Balady, Browse, Coleridge Smith, Dolan, Donnelly, Drew, Duda, Gohel, Guest, Guest, Heinen, Jull, Kan, Lamping, Layden, McCulloch, Meagher, Nelzén, O'Brien, O'Brien, O'Meara, Posnett, Rikli, Tew, Tew, The EuroQol Group, Thurlby, Vowden, Williams, Yim   +30 more
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Recommendations for the management of MPS IVA: systematic evidence- and consensus-based guidance. [PDF]

, 2019
IntroductionMucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) IVA or Morquio A syndrome is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder (LSD) caused by deficiency of the N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfatase (GALNS) enzyme, which impairs lysosomal degradation of keratan ...
Akyol, Mehmet Umut, Alden, Tord D, Amartino, Hernan, Ashworth, Jane, Belani, Kumar, Berger, Kenneth I, Borgo, Andrea, Braunlin, Elizabeth, Eto, Yoshikatsu, Giugliani, Roberto, Gold, Jeffrey I, Harmatz, Paul, Hendriksz, Christian, Jester, Andrea, Jones, Simon A, Karsli, Cengiz, Mackenzie, William, Marinho, Diane Ruschel, McFadyen, Andrew, McGill, Jim, Mitchell, John J, MPS Consensus Programme Co-Chairs, MPS Consensus Programme Steering Committee, Muenzer, Joseph, Okuyama, Torayuki, Orchard, Paul J, Scarpa, Maurizio, Stevens, Bob, Thomas, Sophie, Walker, Robert, Wynn, Robert   +30 more
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Physical therapies for reducing and controlling lymphoedema of the limbs. [PDF]

, 2008
Background Lymphoedema is the accumulation of excess fluid in the body caused by obstruction of the lymphatic drainage mechanisms. Management involves decongesting the reduced lymphatic pathways in order to reduce the size of the limb.
Ahmed, Andersen, Badger, Badger, Bergan, Bertelli, Carroll, Didem, Dini, Erickson, Foldi, Harris, Hornsby, Irdesel, Johansson, Johansson, Kligman, Levick, McKenzie, McNeely, Moffatt, Mortimer, Moseley, Petrek, Sitzia, Sitzia, Szuba, Szuba, Tobin, Wilburn, Williams   +30 more
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Superior Clinical, Quality of Life, Functional, and Health Economic Outcomes with Pneumatic Compression Therapy for Lymphedema.

Annals of Vascular Surgery, 2020
INTRODUCTION Pneumatic compression therapy is one of several options for the management of lymphedema. The lack of clarity around clinical outcomes, quality of life, cost of care, and its proper application as a function of lymphedema complexity limit ...
S. Desai, M. Shao
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The effect of compression therapy on quality of life in patients with chronic venous disease: a comparative 6-month study

Advances in Dermatology and Allergology, 2020
Introduction Chronic venous diseases (CVD), because of its chronic and progressive nature, impairs patients' quality of life (Qol). Aim To compare the QoL in patients with primary superficial venous insufficiency at different stages before and after ...
Andrzej Berszakiewicz, J. Kasperczyk, A. Sieroń, Z. Krasiński, A. Cholewka, Agata Stanek   +5 more
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Memory Bandage for Functional Compression Management for Venous Ulcers

Fibers, 2016
In current compression practice for the treatment of chronic venous disorders, there has always been a challenge of controlled compression by a bandage to achieve a particular pressure range in the affected region of the limb.
Bipin Kumar, Jinlian Hu, Ning Pan
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