Report from the 2013 meeting of the International Compression Club on advances and challenges of compression therapy

Arthur P Delos Reyes; Hugo Partsch; Giovanni Mosti; Andrea Obi; Fedor Lurie

doi:10.1016/j.jvsv.2014.02.006

Report from the 2013 meeting of the International Compression Club on advances and challenges of compression therapy

J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2014 Oct;2(4):469-76. doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2014.02.006. Epub 2014 Mar 22.

Authors

Arthur P Delos Reyes¹, Hugo Partsch², Giovanni Mosti³, Andrea Obi⁴, Fedor Lurie⁵

Affiliations

¹ Jobst Vascular Institute, Toledo, Ohio.
² Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
³ Department of Angiology, Clinica Barbantini, Lucca, Italy.
⁴ Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
⁵ Jobst Vascular Institute, Toledo, Ohio. Electronic address: fedor.lurie@promedica.org.

PMID: 26993556
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2014.02.006

Abstract

The International Compression Club, a collaboration of medical experts and industry representatives, was founded in 2005 to develop consensus reports and recommendations regarding the use of compression therapy in the treatment of acute and chronic vascular disease. During the recent meeting of the International Compression Club, member presentations were focused on the clinical application of intermittent pneumatic compression in different disease scenarios as well as on the use of inelastic and short stretch compression therapy. In addition, several new compression devices and systems were introduced by industry representatives. This article summarizes the presentations and subsequent discussions and provides a description of the new compression therapies presented.

Publication types

Review