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Oedema and its treatment
1Department of Dermatology, Churchill Hospital, Oxford.
Journal of Wound Care
|October 29, 1998
Abstract:
Bandages have been applied to leg ulcers for centuries, but it is only comparatively recently that the relationship between oedema reduction and ulcer healing has been recognised. Oedema inhibits the microcirculation, preventing adequate perfusion and nutritional exchange.