[Reduction of edema in the treatment of varicose ulcers]

Patients having ulcers of the two lower limbs underwent the same medical treatment. Yet, the elasto-compressive boot was placed on only one leg after compressotherapy with the Jobst apparatus. Scar formation was more rapid on the leg treated in this way. Applied preventively the treatment of edema by the same method considerably reduced the number of relapses of ulcer, when it was noticed that the relapses occurred during specific periods of the year.