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Delivering Compression to Treat Chronic Wounds in the UK & Ireland

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Compression and Chronic Wound Management

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Consensus opinion and systematic reviews supports the use of compression therapy as the ‘gold standard’ for the management of venous leg ulceration (VLU). However, although widely used, significant limitations to this treatment modality persist including; poor compliance, negative impact on quality of life, bandage bulk limiting footwear choices, high visibility to others, cost and the requirement in most cases for application by health care professionals. Additionally, based on results of over 48 RCTs healing outcomes are improved with compression, yet, overall healing rates leave significant scope for improvement. This chapter describes the various systems available in the United Kingdom and Ireland together with the indications and limitations for use.

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  2. The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia

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Gethin, G., Cameron, A.R. (2019). Delivering Compression to Treat Chronic Wounds in the UK & Ireland. In: Mani, R., Rerkasem, K., Nair, H., Shukla, V. (eds) Compression and Chronic Wound Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01195-6_3

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