Stockings after Venous Surgery

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There has always been amongst Physicians a wide diversity regarding how long someone after surgery should wear stocking. The French are probably the most laisser-faires with the English being the strictest and the Americans in between. A study recently reported out of the U.K. on 300 patients after venous surgery found that there was no benefit to wearing stocking for more than one week. The parameters looked at were post operative pain, complications, time to return to work and patient satisfaction. This is great news for all of my surgical patients.