[Efficacy of compression knee-high socks ULCER X in treatment of venous-genesis trophic ulcers].

Abstract

UNLABELLED:

The study was aimed at comparatively assessing the efficacy of treatment for venous trophic ulcers at stages II-III of the wound process using special compression knee-length socks of the ULCER X kit (Sigvaris AG, St. Gallen, Switzerland) and long-stretch bandages Lauma. Compression therapy was included into the programme of outpatient treatment of forty 31-to-74-year-old patients presenting with trophic ulcers (stage II-III of the wound process) with an average area of 5,36±1,1 cm2. The Study Group consisting of 20 patients used compression knitted fabrics in the form of knee-length socks ULCER X and the comparison group (n=20) used long-stretch bandages Lauma.

RESULTS:

The obtained findings (6 months) demonstrated that using compression therapy exerted a positive effect on the process of healing of venous trophic ulcers, also proving advantages of compression therapy with the knee-length socks ULCER X that create an adequate level of pressure on the crus and maintain it in long-term daily use, reliably accelerating the healing of venous trophic ulcers as compared with elastic long-stretch bandages. The use of long-stretch elastic bandages in treatment of venous trophic ulcers turned out to be not only ineffective but fraught with a possibility of the development of various complications. During 6 months of follow up the patients using the special knee-length socks ULCER X were found to have 80 % of ulcers healed (16 patients), mainly within the first 2 months, whereas using elastic bandages resulted in only 30 % of healing (6 patients) by the end of the study. Along with it, we documented a considerable decrease in the malleolar circumference in the study group patients (from 30,05±0,78 to 28,35±0,86 cm) and in the control group from 31,2±30,35 to 30,25±0,75 cm), accompanied and followed by more than a two-fold increase in quality of life of the patients along all the parameters in the study group and a 1.4-fold increase in the control group patients.

• Authors: L I Bogdanets, V Iu Bogachev, V N Lobanov, E S Smirnova
• Journal: Angiologii︠a︡ i sosudistai︠a︡ khirurgii︠a︡ = Angiology and vascular surgery (Angiol Sosud Khir) Vol. 19 Issue 3 Pg. 93-6, 98-100 ( 2013) ISSN: 1027-6661 [Print] Russia (Federation)
• PMID: 24300496 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Aged
• Equipment Design
• Female
• Follow-Up Studies
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Stockings, Compression
• Treatment Outcome
• Varicose Ulcer (therapy)
• Wound Healing