Compression therapy for chronic venous insufficiency
| Autor: | Thom W. Rooke, Cindy L. Felty |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Leg Massage Chronic venous insufficiency business.industry Secondary lymphedema medicine.medical_treatment Compression stockings medicine.disease Bandages Venous stasis Surgery Lymphedema Manual lymphatic drainage Maintenance therapy Venous Insufficiency Chronic Disease medicine Humans medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Seminars in vascular surgery. 18(1) |
| ISSN: | 0895-7967 |
| Popis: | Compression therapy provides a means to treat venous stasis, venous hypertension, and venous edema. Different methods of compression therapy have been described periodically over the last 2,000 years. In addition to static compression, specialized compression pumps have been developed and a technique of massage called manual lymphatic drainage has emerged to treat primary and secondary lymphedema. Objectives of compression therapy are to reduce the swollen limb to minimum size, maintain that size, and allow the patient to participate in the care of his limb whenever possible. Reduction therapy is achieved by limb elevation, compression pumps as necessary, and compression wraps. Maintenance therapy largely consists of compression wraps or compression stockings. Nonelastic devices have found a place in treating severe lymphedema but it should be emphasized that periodic follow-up must be done during maintenance therapy so that adjunctive maintenance measures can be added as needed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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