Evidence and guidelines
In this section, you can find links to relevant evidence and evidence/best practice guidelines supporting use of compresion therapy in leg ulcer management.
The section will be updated with additional materials!
Published in connection with the EWMA Compression Therapy Campaign
This audit was designed to identify the need of the population and the clinical activity associated with wounds and the management of lower limb swelling. The exploration focused on lower leg wound management, access to diagnostics and compression therapy across each audit site. The audit was carried out in several sites in the UK.
The audit was realised in connection with the EWMA Compression Therapy Programme.
Guidelines & Best practice
The German Phlebology Society (DGP), in cooperation with DDG, DGA, DGG, GDL, DGL, BVP. Medical compression therapy of the extremities with medical compression stockings (MCS), phlebological compression bandages (PCB), and medical adaptive compression systems (MAC)
HAS (France), BON USAGE DES TECHNOLOGIES DE SANTÉ (In French): La compression médicale dans les affections veineuses chroniques
Wound Healing Society (US): Wound Healing Society 2015 update on guidelines for venous ulcers. Wound Repair Regen. 2016 Jan-Feb;24(1):136-44. doi: 10.1111/wrr.12394. PMID: 26663616.
