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Section Type: METHODS

Text: One hundred thirty-one patients (72 women, 59 men ; mean age, 59-years-old) with VLU (ulcer surface > 3 cm (2) ; duration > 3 months) were randomized into three groups : group A - 42 patients who were treated using an open-toed, elastic, class III compression device knitted in tubular form (Tubulcus, Laboratoires Innothera, Arcueil, France) ; group B - 46 patients treated with the multi-component bandaging system comprised of Tubulcus and one elastic bandage (15 cm wide and 5 cm long with 200 % stretch, Niva, Novi Sad, Serbia) ; and group C - forty-three patients treated with the multi-component bandaging system comprised of Tubulcus and two elastic bandages.