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Elastic Stockings (elastic + stocking)

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Superimposed Elastic Stockings: Pressure Measurements

DERMATOLOGIC SURGERY, Issue 3 2007
ANDRÉ CORNU-THENARD MD
BACKGROUND High-compression stockings over 40 mmHg are often difficult or even impossible to apply. A specific technique is frequently used to overcome this problem: a high-compression stocking is replaced by two or even three lower compression stockings that are applied on top of each other, thereby reducing the effort of application. To our knowledge, however, no study concerning therapeutic stockings has demonstrated that the forces exerted by two or three superimposed stockings are additive. OBJECTIVE The objective was to evaluate if the pressures exerted by two or three superimposed elastic stockings are additive. MATERIAL AND METHODS A series of measurements was performed in vitro using an apparatus fitted with a pressure sensor on four different premade elastic stockings applied separately and then superimposed. The actual pressure measurement obtained with superimposed stockings was compared to arithmetic sum of the pressures produced by each of the stockings used. RESULTS The pressures produced by superimposed stockings are adequately predicted from the pressure given by each of the stockings used in the superposition, with correlation coefficients higher than 0.9. CONCLUSION Under our experimental conditions, the superimposed elastic stocking pressures additivity hypothesis is confirmed. In vivo studies should be conducted to confirm those results. [source]

Treatment of classic Kaposi's sarcoma-associated lymphedema with elastic stockings

THE JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY, Issue 7 2006
Lucia BRAMBILLA
ABSTRACT Lymphedema of the lower extremities is a frequent complication of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). Compressive therapy is the basis of treatment for lymphatic disorders, but to the authors' knowledge, there are no controlled trials to evaluate its effectiveness in KS-related lymphedema. Sixty-five patients with classic KS-associated lymphedema limited to below the knee were studied. Fifty patients received below-knee elastic stockings, whereas the remaining 15 did not use any compressive device. Among treated patients, 60% (30/50) experienced a limb volume reduction, while 40% (20/50) had an increase of limb volume. In contrast, all patients (15/15) of the untreated group had an increase of limb volume. No correlation between lymphedema reduction and systemic or local chemotherapy was observed, supporting compressive therapy as the major strategy for the treatment of this condition. Our results suggest that elastic stockings may be important tools for the management of lymphedema associated to classic KS. [source]