9 / 19
allied
academies
Page 36
Notes:
September 09-10, 2019 | Edinburgh, Scotland
2
nd
Global Summit on
3
rd
International Conference on
Dermatology and Cosmetology
Wound Care, Tissue Repair and Regenerative Medicine
Joint Event
&
Journal of Dermatology Research and Skin Care | Volume 3
Dermatol Res Skin Care, Volume 3
Impact of compression on frequency of infection of soft tissues and the occurrence of
chronic wounds in patients with lymphoedema
Tanja Planinsek Rucigaj
University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia
Soft tissue infections (erysiphelas or cellulitis) and
chronic wounds are common complications in patients
with lymphoedema of the leg. Lymphatic system
disorders (primary or secondary lymphoedema) and
immune response dysfunction are the key factors for
the development of infections of soft tissues and chronic
wounds in these patients. If oedema is growing, through
stage I lymphoedema to stage III lymphoedema, the
frequency of infections (erysiphelas or cellulitis) and the
frequency of chronic wounds increases. By compression
therapy with short stretch bandages, where the swelling is
reduced, the lymph fluid flow is accelerated and indirectly
influenced by the immune responses in the tissue. The
frequency of infections after compression can be reduced
and the frequency of formation of chronic wounds which,
when compressed, can be reduced and heal faster.
In our clinical study we included patients with lymphoedema
of all stages who have before study erysipelas and / or
wounds. We were bandaged their leg with short stretch
elastic bandages for five to seven days, two or three times,
until the edema was reduced.
After reduction of the edema, the appearance of erysipelas at
patients with leg lymphoedemas decreased significantly, and
the wounds completely healed.
Speaker Biography
Tanja Planinsek Rucigaj is currently acting as the head of Dermatovene-
reological Clinic, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia. In 2003,
she was elected for the assistant to the subject of dermatovenerology on
Medical Faculty in Ljubljana. Since 2009, she is a lecturer at the College of
Health Care Jesenice, now faculty of Health Angela Boskin. In 2015, she
was finished two years study of lymphology at European e-Lymph school.
Since April 2009, she is a head of Dermatovenerology Clinic, University
Medical Centre Ljubljana. She completed her PhD in October 2018. From
2006-2014, she was the president of the Association of Slovenian Der-
matovenerologists. Since 2008, she is a vice-president of Balkan Venous
Forum. Between 2011-2015, she was a president of Wound Management
Association Slovenia, then as a vice-president till Jan 2017. From 2016,
she is a president of Slovenian Association of Phlebology and Lymphol-
ogy. She has more than 600 entries in Co-operative Online Bibliograph-
ic System/Servis and her publications have been cited over 140 times.
e:
t.rucigaj@gmail.com