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2. Unna's boot - Wikipedia

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   Traditional Unna's Boot with multiple layers for compression. An Unna’s boot [1] (also Unna boot) is a special gauze (usually 4 inches wide and 10 yards long) bandage, which can be used for the treatment of venous stasis ulcers and other venous insufficiencies of the leg. It can also be used as a supportive bandage for sprains and strains of ...

3. Compression stockings - Wikipedia

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   Compression stockings. Compression stockings (Flight Socks, Support Bandage) are a specialized hosiery designed to help prevent the occurrence of, and guard against further progression of, venous disorders [1] such as edema, phlebitis and thrombosis. Compression stockings are elastic compression garments worn around the leg, compressing the ...

4. Bandage - Wikipedia

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   The term 'compression bandage' describes a wide variety of bandages with many different applications. Short stretch compression bandages are applied to a limb (usually for treatment of lymphedema or venous ulcers). This type of bandage is capable of shortening around the limb after application and is therefore not exerting ever-increasing ...

5. Dressing (medicine) - Wikipedia

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   Excessive wound discharge would cause the gauze to adhere to the wound, thus causes pain when trying to remove the gauze from the wound. Bandages are made up of cotton wool, cellulose, or polyamide materials. Cotton bandages can act as a secondary dressing while compression bandages provides good compressions for venous ulcers.

6. Venous ulcer - Wikipedia

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   [29] [30] However, it is not clear whether or not compression bandages have any unwanted effects or if the potential health benefits of using compression outweigh its costs. [29] It is not clear whether non-elastic systems are better than a multilayer elastic system. [30] Patients should wear as much compression as is comfortable. [31]

7. Negative-pressure wound therapy - Wikipedia

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   [1] [2] [3] The use of this technique in wound management started in the 1990s and this technique is often recommended for treatment of a range of wounds including dehisced surgical wounds, closed surgical wounds, open abdominal wounds, open fractures, pressure injuries or pressure ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, venous insufficiency ulcers, some ...