Vesna Karanikolic

Nis University, Republic Serbia

Title: Theory and practice of Compression therapy for venous ulcers treating

Abstract

Compression therapy is the most effective form of VLU conservative treatment. The advantage of this therapy is that it is used on an outpatient basis, patients are able to work during treatment and it is also cheaper compared to surgical treatment. This method of treatment can be applied continuously or intermittently. Before applying the compression bandage, it is necessary to perform local treatment of the ulcer surface, cover the ulcer surface with sterile gauze, after which a compressive bandage is placed. The application of external compression reduces transmural pressure and improves skin changes. Compression bandage compresses the extremities, thus reducing the effect of venous hypertension. Depending on the stage of the vein disease, different degrees of compression therapy are applied. Compression therapy can be achieved with short-elastic and long-elastic bandages, as well as various compression systems (compression gloves, socks and clothing). The materials used to make compressive agents have different extensibility, and create different pressures under the applied compressive agents both at rest and while walking.

Biography

Vesna Karanikoli? was born in 1972. in Republic of Serbia. She completed specialization in dermatovenerology in 2005 at the Faculty of Medicine in Niš. She established an employment relationship at the Clinic for Skin and Venereal Diseases in 2004.. By defending her master's thesis entitled "Evaluation of prognostic factors for the healing of venous ulcerations of the lower extremities" in 2010 at the Faculty of Medicine in Niš, she obtained the title of Master of Medical Sciences. In 2016, she defended PhD "Specificities of the application of different degrees of compression therapy in the treatment of venous ulcers of the lower extremities in elderly patients" at the Faculty of Medicine in Niš. She is the author of several scientific and professional papers published and communicated in peer-reviewed journals and at meetings of dermatologists in the country and abroad in the field of dermatology. She works at the Clinic for dermatovenerology Clinical Center Niš. In 2022 she was elected as aassociate professor at the Dermatovenerology department at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš. She completed courses in dermoscopy, cryosurgery in dermatology and radiosurgery. She was a lecturer at national and international meetings in the field of dermatovenerology.

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