Webinar: The power of compression therapy for leg ulcer management

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Legs Matter and the European Wound Management Association (EWMA) are pleased to invite health care professionals to a free of charge 1,5-hour introductory webinar about the recommendations, guidelines and practical circumstances for use of compression therapy in wound management.
The webinar is held in connection with the Compression Therapy Campaign initiated by EWMA in collaboration with Legs Matter coalition and other wound management societies across Europe.

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30 авг 2022

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@hedgerowpete 6 месяцев назад

many thanks for this video

@nancyzurn4774 4 месяца назад

This is soooo helpful thank you for this Video, it's soooooo valuable

@bd6238 Год назад

Thank you for your effort and for sharing this valuable information with us!

@EWMAwound Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@eveoakley6270 Год назад

Stuff compression as this is only treating the symptom. If the ulcer is venous the underlying cause should be treated not just the symptoms, but it’s quite clear that people are not being offered the full Endovenous Duplex vein mapping scans that they should be getting from the NHS. The NHS also does not employ Phlebologists who are adept at working on small perforator veins. They only have general Vascular surgeons who are only adept at working on large truncal veins. The NHS is decades behind in the treatment of venous leg ulcers, it’s a travesty. NEVER MIND COMPRESSION PLEASE OFFER PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM THIS HORRIBLE AFFLICTION FULL DUPLEX SCANS AND OFFER THEM THE PROCEDURES WHICH CAN CURE IR HUGELY IMPROVE THEM.

@EWMAwound Год назад

Dear Eve, Thank you for taking the time to write a comment. Of course, compression therapy is not the solution to everything, but it is an essential tool in managing leg ulcers. However, compression therapy is still not used optimally, meaning that its manyfold benefits are not fully exhausted. Therefore, EWMA, together with its local partners, is working tirelessly on sharing and furthering knowledge around compression therapy so that healthcare professionals in countries across the globe can make better informed decisions and provide adequate care to their patients. To our knowledge, we have not stated that compression should be the only treatment for lower leg ulcers, and we are aware of the problems in the UK. However, reforming the NHS is out of the scope of this project.

@eveoakley6270 Год назад

@@EWMAwound then you are still decades behind in the appropriate treatment of the underlying cause of venous leg ulcers, but thank you for the reply. I was told by the NHS that I would always suffer venous ulcers and be in compression the rest of my life. I listened and lost seven years of my life to all sorts of lotions and potions, compression bandaging, Dopplers the lot. This is no longer the case because I took the time to research and was flabbergasted upon learning that a huge public health institution like the ‘wonderful’ NHS did not employ Phlebologists and that my condition could be hugely improved. I found a Professor of Phlebology who pioneered laser treatments in the UK, and performed the first procedure in 1998. I had these treatments at his clinic in 2018, was the best money I ever spent, and I haven’t looked back since. I still get the odd skin break out BUT because of the treatments I have had I no longer need compression because I’m a very active runner and it usually heals just like any other sore. My condition was caused by a DVT at the age of only 36 through the contraceptive pill. My point is people are not being told they can potentially be cured or at least hugely improved. I realise not everyone has the money, but some do.