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Compression bandages (see compression therapy below) with an elasticity of more than 130%. The high elasticity results in a high resting and low working pressure. Nowadays, short-stretch bandages are mainly used in compression therapy for chronic venous insufficiency, thrombophlebitis, phleboedema, etc., since the more inelastic the dressing material is, the greater the depth effect.
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- Wienert V (1984) Compression therapy. In: Wienert V (ed.) The Leg Vein Insufficiency. Schattauer Stuttgart New York, S. 87-103
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer