TY - BOOK AU - Christine Jeffrey Fahmy AU - Mohamed Elsherif Elsarky , AU - Zakaria Mowafy Emam Mowafy , TI - Efficacy of vacuum compression therapy on vascular ulcers healing / PY - 2010/// CY - Cairo : PB - Christine Jeffrey Fahmy , KW - Vacuum compression therapy KW - Vascular ulcer KW - Wound surface area and ankle brachial pressure index N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Phsical Therapy for Surgery; Issued also as CD N2 - Purpose : To evaluate the efficacy of vacuum compression therapy on vascular ulcer healing . Methods of evaluation (Wound surface area and ankle brachial pressure index) Results showed that the vacuum compression therapy is beneficial in improving healing of the vascular ulcer as manifested by decreasing ulcer surface areaand increasing ankle brachial pressure index ER -