Compression Therapy Using Bandages Successfully Manages Acute or Subacute Lipodermatosclerosis

Kotaro Suehiro; Noriyasu Morikage; Takasuke Harada; Makoto Samura; Takashi Nagase; Takahiro Mizoguchi; Kimikazu Hamano

doi:10.3400/avd.cr.18-00135

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Compression Therapy Using Bandages Successfully Manages Acute or Subacute Lipodermatosclerosis

Kotaro Suehiro , Noriyasu Morikage, Takasuke Harada, Makoto Samura, Takashi Nagase, Takahiro Mizoguchi, Kimikazu Hamano

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Kotaro Suehiro Corresponding author
Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
Noriyasu Morikage
Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
Takasuke Harada
Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
Makoto Samura
Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
Takashi Nagase
Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
Takahiro Mizoguchi
Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
Kimikazu Hamano
Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine

Keywords: acute lipodermatosclerosis, compression therapy

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2019 Volume 12 Issue 1 Pages 77-79

DOI https://doi.org/10.3400/avd.cr.18-00135

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Abstract

We report nine cases with acute or subacute lipodermatosclerosis treated successfully using multilayer bandages. All patients were women aged 52–90 years. Before presenting to our clinic, all patients had been treated for a tentative diagnosis of cellulitis caused by bacterial infection or inflammation of unknown cause for 3–19 weeks without improvement. Initially, we instructed all patients or their caregivers regarding the bandaging technique to achieve an interface pressure of >40 mmHg. Subsequently, this technique was continued by patients/caregivers. Symptoms subsided within 2–7 weeks in all patients except one who had been noncompliant with the compression therapy.

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