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Trial reportPhlebology2026

Medical compression stockings reduce the symptoms of obesity-associated functional venous insufficiency.

Markus Stücker, Walter Olbricht

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Trial report in Phlebology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Markus StückerDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, St Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5564-5285
Walter OlbrichtFaculty of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and ObjectivesMany overweight individuals develop obesity-associated functional venous insufficiency (OA-FVI), also known as obesity-associated dependency syndrome. This study investigates the impact of medical compression stockings (MCS) on the symptoms.Patients and MethodsA total of 49 patients, 37 female and 12 male, with a body-mass-index (BMI) of 30-40 kg/m

Indexed as

ObesityStockings, CompressionVenous InsufficiencyAdultAgedBody Mass IndexFemaleHumansMaleMiddle Agedchronic venous insufficiencydependency-syndromeMCSmedical compression stockingsObesity

Identifiers

PMID40642932
PMCPMC12982578

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