title: Using compression bandages in the treatment of venous leg ulceration.
abstract: Community nurses may be required to bandage venous leg ulcers and there are a number of methods of doing so. This article will review evidence of the benefits of using short-stretch bandages and various techniques that have been developed for applying them, which have resulted in improved levels of healing.
authors.affiliation: St Charles Family Health Centre, London.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Charles
mesh_terms: D001458:Bandages; D006801:Humans; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy*