Compression and Chronic Wound Management

Description:

This book evaluates the various evidence-based arguments for the use of compression to treat chronic wounds. It describes the growing health burden caused by these lesions with vast sums spent on wound management and its associated complexities around the world. Since compression is the mainstay of treatment in venous conditions ranging from varicose veins through venous leg ulcers, the authors have also evaluated the use of compression techniques in the successful management of lymphoedema and certain orthopaedic conditions. Compression and Chronic Wound Management provides a balanced text on how to apply scientific knowledge to ensure pragmatic clinical practice. It therefore represents an essential resource for residents, specialists and researchers in wound management, whether they are dermatologist, vascular medicine physicians and surgeons, or orthopaedic practitioners.

Table of contents:

1. The Public Health Burden of Chronic Wounds Needs a Whole Systems Approach

2. Physics of Using Compression to Treat Venous Leg Ulcers and Other Conditions of the Lower Extremities

3. Delivering Compression to Treat Chronic Wounds in the UK & Ireland

4. Difficult to Compress Legs with Venous Disease

5. Surgical Solutions Are an Alternative to Compression Bandaging in Venous Leg Ulcer

6. The Use of Compression to Treat Venous Leg Ulcers: The Inadequacy of Current Compression Systems Especially in Tropical Nations

7. The Use of Compression to Treat Venous Leg Ulcers in Traditional Chinese Medicine Practice

8. Compression Therapy in Lymphoedema

9. Compression Therapy Using Low Cost Materials for Managing Different Grades of Lymphoedema in India

10. Alternative Technological Approaches to Achieving Improved Venous Return

11. Advances in Devices that Offer Lower Limb Compression

12. Flap Surgery and Compression Therapy

13. Compression for Managing Scars

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