Perspectives in vascular surgery and endovascular therapy
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Perspect Vasc Surg Endovasc Ther · Dec 2011
Multicenter StudyThe efficiency of pain control using a thigh pad under the elastic stocking in patients following venous stripping: results of a case-control study.
The use of a specific thigh foam pad placed under compression stockings increases interface pressure. The interface pressure obtained under 2 medical compression stockings of 15 to 20 mm Hg at the ankle, is 14 ± 2.2 mm Hg in the middle of the thigh in the horizontal position and rises to 49.2 ± 4.7 mm Hg when an appropriate thigh foam pad is interposed. Thigh compression could be useful in relieving pain after surgery of the great saphenous vein. ⋯ The results of this case-control study show that the addition of a pad at thigh level under the elastic compression stocking significantly reduces pain experienced by patients during the week after stripping surgery by 49%.