Table 3 Information identified for Compression therapy strategies and mapped against review objectives
Intervention/strategy | Citation(s) | Recommended or contraindicated for use in the presence of the named conditions or complications identified from the review | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Table key: ✓ Recommended X Not recommended - Unsure / insufficient information | |||||||||||||
Diabetic foot ulcer | Lower limb oedema | Both diabetic foot ulcer and lower limb oedema | Severe Peripheral arterial disease (ABPI < 0.5) | Moderate peripheral arterial disease ABPI (0.5 -0.8) | Peripheral neuropathy | Soft tissue infection including cellulitis | Osteomyelitis | Leg ulcer | Lymphorrhoea | Varicose veins | |||
Compression therapy options or strategies for the management of lower limb oedema | Compression bandaging (in general) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
(Full) | Ho 2012, Burhan 2020, Glynn 2021, Atkin 2018, Bowering 1998, McIntosh 2009 [2, 16, 20, 22, 25, 27]. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
(Reduced) | Ho 2012, Burhan 2020, Boulton 2016, Bowering 1998, Chadwick 2006, Probst 2020 [2, 16, 21, 22, 24, 26]. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Compression hosiery | Edmonds 2008, Atkin 2018, Medi 2022, Rother 2020, Simms 2010 [20, 28,29,30, 34, 35]. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Wu 2017 [31] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | - | - | X | X | X | X | - | ||
Lohmann & Raucher 2022 [40]. | - | ✓ | - | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | - | ||
Wrap systems | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Lohmann & Raucher 2022 [32]. | - | ✓ | - | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Pneumatic compression | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | ||
NICE 2021 [38]. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Oped 2022 [39]. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||