An impressive therapeutic result of class III compression stockings in a patient with longstanding, extensive, combined leg ulcers.
BACKGROUND
Only a few publications are available in the literature concerning the treatment of venous leg ulcers by means of medical compression stockings.


METHODS
A 59-year-old female patient with longstanding, extensive bilateral leg ulcers due to venous insufficiency, arteriolosclerosis and secondary lymphoedema, was treated successfully by flat-knitted medical compression stockings of compression-class III.


CONCLUSIONS
The great advantage of this treatment is the fact that it is comfortable and easy to carry out at home. Furthermore, the costs of compression therapy with medical compression stockings are only a fraction of those of conventional therapy by means of compressive non-elastic bandages. Once or twice weekly visits of the patient to the hospital are not necessary and less specialized dermatological nurses are needed.
van Geest
A J
AJ
Department of Dermatology, Academic Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands.
van Dooren-Greebe
R J
RJ
Go
I H
IH
Neumann
H A
HA
D001458:Bandages / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012074:Remission Induction; D013997:Time Factors