Compression bandages therapy

It has been established that compression therapy making use of compression bandages is an efficient treatment for healing various leg ulcers, despite surgical strategies, electromagnetic therapy, and intermittent pneumatic compression. Venous leg ulcers are the most common type of ulcers and their prevalence increases with age. They are chronic and are caused due to poor venous return from the calf to the heart. 

Crochet Compression bandages for compression therapy, cast cloth for orthopaedic casting bandages, wound dressings, bandages and implants. 

In addition to the physical and mechanical properties, ecological safety and good wear comfort are important for patient acceptance and the desired success of therapy. In practice, compression bandages made of a large variety of materials are applied on patients in many different clinical circumstances, and a carefiil selection of appropriate products is needed before the application of bandages or stockings on patients. 

S Rajendran and S C Anand, Design and development of novel bandages for compression therapy , British J Nursing, 2003 111300-1307. 

Hampton, L. (1997) Venous leg ulcers short stretch bandages for compression therapy. Br J Nurs, 6,17,990-998. 

Rajendran, S. and Anand, S.C. (2002) Development of Novel Bandages for Compression Therapy, Wounds UK, Harrogate, 19-20 November 2002. Rajendran, S. and Anand, S.C. (2003) Evaluation of Novel Bandages for Compression Therapy, Wounds UK, Harrogate, 11-12 November 2003. 

Compression therapy involves the use of external pressure on the human body to treat venous and lymphatic diseases. Because liquids are able to swerve in the vascular system, the external pressure exerted on the body can have an obvious effect upon the tissues which are high in liquid content. In a medical sense, compression pressure is the resulting pressure on the enclosed tissue and embedded blood and lymphatic vessels. It can be generated by means of compression from outside (compression stocking, bandage, etc.), or from inside by the muscle which expands against the resistance of the compression. 

However, the local productions are limited to basic products, namely, plastic gloves, bandages, drips, compresses, clothes, masks, syringes and injection needles, sewing thread, surgery sutures, biomedical polymer membranes for bum therapy, lead robber, barite powder and hospital furniture. The value of exports is low, at 81.8 milUon USD in 2007, with 46.4% of medical products exported to Japan. 

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