Key result
Intermittent pneumatic compression is linked to shorter therapy duration, lower costs, and faster functional recovery.
Observational (n=1,250)
Venous ulcers are seen following postthrombophlebitic syndrome with venous insufficiency and can begin as a result of minor trauma. In this retrospective study the authors examined the value of external intermittent pneumatic compression therapy in chronic venous ulcers. Results in 1,250 patients with postthrombophlebitic syndromes, 235 of these patients with leg ulcers, revealed that this modality of therapy shortens the therapy duration, lowers the total therapy cost, and hastens the return to active life in comparison to the classical therapy with compression stockings and antiaggregant or low-dose oral anticoagulant therapy. In the light of their findings they propose the wider use of this adjuvant therapy.
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Alpagut et al. (2005) conducted an observational in Postthrombophlebitic syndrome with chronic venous stasis ulceration (n=1,250). External intermittent pneumatic compression therapy vs. Classical therapy with compression stockings and antiaggregant or low-dose oral anticoagulant therapy was evaluated on Therapy duration, total therapy cost, and time to return to active life. External intermittent pneumatic compression shortened therapy duration, lowered cost, and hastened return to active life in 1,250 patients (235 with ulcers) vs classical therapy.
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