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EmStretchShort

EmStretchShort

Rocialle Healthcare

Description

Inelastic short-stretch cohesive compression bandage, to be applied over a padding layer e.g. EmpressSoft.

Indications

Treatment of venous leg ulcers, oedema, venous insufficiency, post-venous surgery and lymphoedema

Contraindications

Not recommended for patients with ABPI <0.8, ankle circumference <18cm, arterial disease, small vessel disease, renal failure or cardiac overload

Price

8cm×6m, £3.24; 10cm×6m, £3.36; 12cm×6m, £4.23, not on Drug Tariff

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