Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 5 , Pages 1015-1021 , May 2008

Effect of prolonged treatment with compression stockings to prevent post-thrombotic sequelae: A randomized controlled trial

  • Markus Aschwanden, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Angiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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  • Christina Jeanneret, MD

      Affiliations

    • Medical Department, University Hospital, Bruderholz, Switzerland.
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  • Michael T. Koller, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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  • Christoph Thalhammer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Angiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Christoph Thalhammer, MD, Department of Angiology, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland.
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  • Heiner C. Bucher, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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  • Kurt A. Jaeger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Angiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Received 15 October 2007 ,Accepted 7 January 2008.

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    Trial profile. CVI, Chronic venous insufficiency C4 to C6 (CEAP classification)10; DVT, proximal deep vein thrombosis. *Other reasons included frailty, dementia, and living too remote from the study c

    Trial profile. CVI, Chronic venous insufficiency C4 to C6 (CEAP classification)10; DVT, proximal deep vein thrombosis. *Other reasons included frailty, dementia, and living too remote from the study center.

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    Kaplan-Meier estimates of survival without post-thrombotic skin changes in the intervention (dotted line) and control groups (dashed line). A, Survival free of post-thrombotic skin changes for the who

    Kaplan-Meier estimates of survival without post-thrombotic skin changes in the intervention (dotted line) and control groups (dashed line). A, Survival free of post-thrombotic skin changes for the whole study population. B, Treatment effects specific to men. C, Treatment effects specific to women.

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    Subgroup-analysis of primary end point. CI, Confidence interval; DVT, ipsilateral deep vein thrombosis; HR, hazard ratio.

    Subgroup-analysis of primary end point. CI, Confidence interval; DVT, ipsilateral deep vein thrombosis; HR, hazard ratio.

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    Probability of presence of symptoms over time in controls (circles) and intervention group (crosses). Symptom presence means at least one of five symptoms present at any follow-up examination. Error b

    Probability of presence of symptoms over time in controls (circles) and intervention group (crosses). Symptom presence means at least one of five symptoms present at any follow-up examination. Error bars indicate 95% confidence interval per treatment arm.

 Competition of interest: none.

 CME article

PII: S0741-5214(08)00020-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.01.008

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 5 , Pages 1015-1021 , May 2008

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