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Are short-stretch bandages better than long stretch?

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Are short-stretch bandages better than long stretch?

Alison Hopkins, Claire Acton, Hildegard Charles

31 May 2006

Compression therapy is the mainstay of treatment for venous ulcers and the following debate highlights some of the key questions posed by specialist clinicians and their generalist colleagues. The points raised by the authors underscore the fact that there are no easy answers and maybe that is actually the point — that there is no right answer as such.

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