title: Venous leg ulcer management: single use negative pressure wound therapy.
abstract: A number of leg ulcer specialist/tissue viability specialists from across the UK were invited to evaluate PICO (Smith and Nephew, Hull) as a treatment for venous leg ulcers also in conjunction with a variety of compression bandages and garments. Patients across 5 sites had PICO applied in conjunction with compression therapy. This group of treating clinicians were then asked to give feedback on the outcome of the patients on whom they had used the new device. All feedback was recorded at a meeting and this was used to create a guideline for use.
authors.affiliation: East London NHS Foundation Trust.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dowsett
authors.forename: Lorraine
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grothier
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Leak
authors.forename: Jeanette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Milne
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Alistair
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bielby
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Timmons
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D058128:Compression Bandages; D019091:Critical Pathways; D006801:Humans; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods; D018579:Patient Selection; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D006113:United Kingdom; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D014945:Wound Healing