Multicenter randomized trial comparing compression with elastic stocking versus bandage after surgery for varicose veins

Abstract

Patients can be effectively treated with the Sigvaris Postoperative Kit. Patients treated with stockings have less edema compared with standard bandaging, and the application of the stocking kit improves patient quality of life and compliance with postoperative compression therapy.

Graduated compression stockings

“…25,26 For example, compression after sclerotherapy has been shown to reduce the formation of thrombi and to prevent pigmentation and matting by minimizing inflammation and angiogenesis. 27 However, one study that randomly assigned 60 pa tients to wear graduated compression stockings for three weeks or to go without compression after ultrasoundguided foam sclerotherapy found no difference in efficacy, adverse effects, satisfaction scores, symptoms and quality of life between the two groups.…”

“…26 We found no evidence that one form of compression was better than another, although graduated compression stockings may be better accepted by patients than bandages. 25 …”

Postinterventionelle Kompressionstherapie

“…Kompressionstrümpfe scheinen dabei besser akzeptiert zu werden als medizinische Kompressionsverbände (15). Auch nach endovenösen Eingriffen soll eine adäquate Kompressionstherapie zu einer signifikanten Reduktion von Schmerzen und somit auch zu einem verminderten Analgetikakonsum führen (14).…”

The Optimal Duration of Compression Therapy Following Varicose Vein Surgery: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

“…standard bandaging; however, postoperative pain showed non-significant differences. 18 In our meta-analysis, patients in three of the included trials used TED stockings for longduration treatment. 8,9,15 However, in a study by Rodrigus and Bleyn, patients in the long-duration group wore tubegauze after wearing elastic bandages for 1 week.…”