THE NON-HEALING VENOUS STASIS ULCER
RK Spence, MD, AC Cernaianu, MD, WH Hardesty, MD, AS Brown, MD, JB Alexander, MD, MJ Pello, MD, UA Atabek, MD, RC Camishion, MD, Cooper Hospital, RWJ Medical School, Camden, New Jersey USA. The clinical study results were presented at the 16th Annual World Congress of the International Union of Angiology in Paris, September of 1992. This study compared 13 patients with 15 chronic venous stasis ulcer limbs, which had failed to respond to compression therapy with Unna’s Boot or elastic hose, primarily because of poor compliance. The CircAid garment was used as the alternative compression therapy. Within 12 months of wearing CircAid, in conjunction with local wound care, 10 of the 15 ulcers had healed completely (67%), two were grafted, and the remaining three showed evidence of progressive healing. Therefore, overall improvement was seen in 13 of 15 ulcers (87%). None of the ulcers have recurred up to 24 months later with continued use of the garment.