TY  - JOUR
T1  - Comparison of Rosidal K and SurePress in the treatment of venous leg ulcers
LA  - English
AU  - Moody, M.
AB  - Fifty-two patients (26 in each group) were recruited into this randomized, comparative, controlled trial of Rosidal K short-stretch compression bandage and SurePress long-stretch compression bandage in the treatment of venous leg ulcers. Patients were monitored for a maximum of 12 weeks. Each patient was seen weekly by a research nurse, who recorded the study variables. The mean percentage reduction in the wound bed surface area during the study period was 52% in the SurePress group and 73% in the Rosidal K group. Eight patients in each group saw their ulcers heal within the study period. The average limb volume reduction, based on the first 4 weeks of data collection, was 2.3 cm for those in the Rosidal K group and 3.9 cm in the SurePress group. Ulcer size increased in six patients allocated to SurePress bandages and in four patients allocated to Rosidal K bandages.
DO  - 10.12968/bjon.1999.8.6.6660
IS  - 6
PY  - 1999
SN  - 0966-0461
SP  - 345
EP  - 355
PM  - 10409957
JF  - British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)
ER  -