Multi-layer compression stockings promote more long-lasting healing of venous leg ulcers than traditional bandages, according to a recently published study. Investigators from the University of ...

Venous leg ulcers heal faster and return less frequently in patients who have early surgery when compared with their peers who wear compression stockings and delay surgery, a new clinical trial has ...

A UK study in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlights how surgery in addition to compression treatment could substantially reduce the risk of recurrent leg ulcers. Venous leg ulceration affects 1-2 ...

insights from industryDr Jim HamptonMedical Advisor,Isobar Compression An interview with Dr Jim Hampton, Medical Advisor at Isobar Compression, conducted by April Cashin-Garbutt, MA (Cantab) What was ...

Compression products for treating venous leg ulcers include hosiery (socks and stockings), bandages and wraps. You should have access to compression products to treat your leg ulcer that are ...

Venous leg ulcers are common and distressing, affecting around 1 in 300 adults in the UK. They are open, often painful, sores on the leg that take months to heal and can develop after a minor injury.

I frequently use Unna boots or DuoDerm or Vigilon dressings to treat chronic leg/foot ulcers. While these treatments eventually work most of the time, is there a more efficient approach? —CORBIN ...

Dr. Ayodele Ogunkeyede, a plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgeon with Hafar Al-batin Central Hospital, Hafar Albatin, Eastern Region, Saudi Arabia, has developed novel compression therapy for ...

Research on venous leg ulcer treatments, doggedly pursued by two University of Manchester academics since 1989, has greatly influenced NICE guidance issued this month. The work by Professors Jo ...

Chronic vein problems are very common and often unrecognized as a threat to health. When the valves in your veins stop working, blood pools in the lower leg area and pressure builds up in the vein.

In normal conditions, contraction of lower extremity muscles and working intraluminal valves promote the forward flow of blood within veins. In venous insufficiency, reflux and/or obstruction in the ...