Dillon RS.
Treatment of resistant venous stasis ulcers and dermatitis with the end-diastolic
pneumatic compression boot.
Angiology 1986 Jan;37(1):47-56

The end-diastolic pneumatic compression boot was used to treat 17 patients with
difficult or refractory stasis dermatitis and ulcers. Decreases in induration,
pigmentation, and palpable thrombi were observed and all patients were improved
or healed. The boot treatment allowed effective local administration of
antibiotics on gauze wrappings. Removal of the latter after treatments provided a
means of nonsurgical debridement. Healing was maintained by periodic outpatient
boot treatments in patients with close followup. Ulcers recurred in patients lost
to followup but responded again to boot treatment. One diabetic man with knee
contractures and both severe venous and arterial disease relapsed repetitively
and lost both legs in spite of bilateral femoral-popliteal bypasses and his boot
treatments.