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compression therapy
Indications:
- compression of tissue to relief lower extremity edema
- treatment of venous stasis ulcers
Contraindications:
- ankle-brachial index < 0.5
- caution: ankle-brachial index < 0.9
Procedure:
- elastic compression
- multilayer elastic bandage
- elastic compression stockings
- dynamic compression
- intermittent pneumatic compression
* static compression with Unna boot is not as effective as elastic or dynamit compression [1]
General
medical therapy; therapeutic intervention
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 19.
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2021