Dressings for venous leg ulcers: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To review the evidence of effectiveness of dressings applied to venous leg ulcers.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data sources

Hand searches of journals and searches of electronic databases, conference proceedings, and bibliographies up to April 2006; contacts with dressing manufacturers for unpublished studies.

Studies reviewed

All randomised controlled trials that evaluated dressings applied to venous leg ulcers were eligible for inclusion. Data from eligible studies were extracted and summarised independently by two reviewers using a data extraction sheet. Methodological quality was assessed independently by two reviewers.

Results

The search strategy identified 254 studies; 42 of these fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Hydrocoll

SUBMITTER: Palfreyman S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1939774 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature