Comparison of Rosidal K and SurePress in the treatment of venous leg ulcers.
Fifty-two patients (26 in each group) were recruited into this randomized, comparative, controlled trial of Rosidal K short-stretch compression bandage and SurePress long-stretch compression bandage in the treatment of venous leg ulcers. Patients were monitored for a maximum of 12 weeks. Each patient was seen weekly by a research nurse, who recorded the study variables. The mean percentage reduction in the wound bed surface area during the study period was 52% in the SurePress group and 73% in the Rosidal K group. Eight patients in each group saw their ulcers heal within the study period. The average limb volume reduction, based on the first 4 weeks of data collection, was 2.3 cm for those in the Rosidal K group and 3.9 cm in the SurePress group. Ulcer size increased in six patients allocated to SurePress bandages and in four patients allocated to Rosidal K bandages.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000886:Anthropometry; D001458:Bandages / Q000592:standards*; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014945:Wound Healing