[Venous ulcers. Multilayer compression system or crepe bandage? Comparative study on effectiveness, cost, and impact on quality of life].

Treatment for varicose ulcers is based on treating an ulcer as a chronic injury and its primary cause, hypertension in the veins, by means of a system of decreasing and sustained high compression. In Spain patients suffering from varicose ulcers are treated mainly with systems based on the use of crepe bandages which have a low compression effectiveness. In order to bring to light information on this important facet of health care and to generate evidence on this topic, the authors present a comparative study of a standard therapy method utilizing compression on patients suffering from varicose ulcers in Spain, a crepe bandage, against the use of a Profore multi-layer system.