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Does compression therapy prevent recurrent cellulitis in patients with chronic leg edema? To find out, researchers in Australia conducted this single-center randomized trial that involved patients with chronic leg edema and at least two episodes of leg cellulitis in the past 2 years. Mean age was 64; common underlying conditions included obesity, history of surgery or trauma, chronic venous insufficiency, and heart failure.
Patients were randomized to knee-high compression stockings (fitted by specialized lymphedema physiotherapists) or to a control group; both groups received general education on preventing cellulitis. The study was stopped by a data monitoring committee after 84 patients had been randomized. At that point (median follow-up…