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- Title
A study of the Unna Boot compared with the elastic bandage in venous ulcers: a randomized clinical trial.
- Authors
Matos de Abreu, Alcione; Baptista de Oliveira, Beatriz Guitton Renaud
- Abstract
Objective: to analyze the process of tissue repair in patients with venous ulcers using inelastic compression therapy (the Unna Boot), in comparison with the use of the elastic bandage. Method: a controlled randomized clinical trial in which the patients (n=18) were allocated to two groups, those who used the Unna Boot (group B) and those who used the elastic bandage (group A). The study's follow-up period was 13 weeks. Results: a significant reduction took place, at the level of 5%, in the area, in square centimeters, of the ulcers of group B (p<0.0001) throughout the treatment, and there was a tendency of group A for reduction in the area of the ulcer, in centimeters squared (p=0.06), only after the fifth week. Conclusion: the treatment with the Unna Boot presented better results in venous ulcers with areas over 10cm², and the elastic bandage with Petrolatum® gauze in venous ulcers below 10cm². Brazilian Clinical Trials Register: Trial (req: 195) and WHO UTN U1111-1122-5489.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; ULCER treatment; LEG ulcers; ACADEMIC medical centers; ANALYSIS of variance; COMPRESSION stockings; FISHER exact test; T-test (Statistics); WOUND care; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; TREATMENT effectiveness; COMPRESSION therapy; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; COMPRESSION bandages; MANN Whitney U Test
- Publication
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (RLAE), 2015, Vol 23, Issue 4, p571
- ISSN
1518-8345
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0104-1169.0373.2590