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Chronic Venous Insufficiency
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97% of patients with abnormal venous return were normalized with compression stockings.
Compression Stocking Therapy for Patients with CVIStudy Objective- To evaluate the effectivenss of gradient compression, vascular stockings, in managing CVI
Methodology- Prospective study evaluated 36 patients with venous recovery times of <20 seconds
- Individual venous recovery times were tested
- Venous recovery times (VTR) <20 seconds was considered to be abnormal, indication venous valve incompetence
- Patients with valve incompetence wore 25-35 mmHg, 30-40 mmHg, or 35 mmHg knee length vascular support stockings
Conclusions- Overall, 35 of 36 limbs (97.2%) were normalized by compresssion stocking therapy
- 21 of 36 limbs (58.3%) were normalized with 25-35 mmHg
- 9 of remaining 15 limbs (60%) were normalized with 30-40mmHg
- 5 of remaing 6 limbs (83.3%) were normalize with 35 mmHg custom stockings
The study was conducted by Samson RH, Scher LA, Veith FJ, Acer E Gupta SK, et all. Compression stocking therapy for patients with chronic venous insufficiency published in the Journal of Cardovascular Surgery 1985;26:10
93% of 113 patients achieved complete ulcer healing in a mean of 5.3 months
15-year results of compression therapy for chronic venous UlcersStudy Objective- To document the healing percentage and long-term recurrence rate of venous ulcers when applying compression therapy
Methodology- Retrospective study
- 119 patients evaluated, hoverver, six were excluded from analysis due to inability to complete study
- All patients were fitted with gradient compression stockings
Conclusions- Complete ulcer healing was achieved in 105 of 113 patients (93%) in a mean of 5.3 months
- The ulcers of eight patients (7%) failed to heal in a mean treatment period of 16 months
- Five of the eight patients were consistently non-compliant with elastic compression stockings
Maybery JC, Moneta GL, et al. Fifteen year results of ambulatory compression therapy for cronic venous ulcers. Surgery. 1991, 109:578-81
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