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| Study | Conventional therapy of experimental group/control group | Topical treatment of control group | External application of experimental group | Suppliers of the externally applied TCM |
| Surgical treatment | Endovenous surgical procedures | Compression therapy | Pharmacological treatment |
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| Cao et al., 2005 [20] | NA | NA | NR | Antibiotics and nutritional support | Vaseline ointment | SheXiangZhenZhu ointment | The 306th Hospital of Chinese People’s Liberation Army |
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| Di, 2009 [14] | NA | NA | Compression bandages or hosiery | NR | Gentamicin | QiXing powder | Chengdu University of TCM |
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| Fang et al., 2012 [26] | VLS | NA | Compression bandages or hosiery | Antibiotics if necessary | Alginate dressing | HuangDou paste | Hospital of Laiwu Iron and Steel Group Limited Company (Chinese Patent Number: ZL 200710115133.0) |
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| Feng, 2009 [9] | NA | NA | NR | NR | Erythromycin ointment | KuiYangPing ointment | Liaoning University of TCM |
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| Huang et al., 2009 [19] | NA | SEPS | NR | NR | NR | ShengJi ointment | The Second Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of TCM |
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| Jia and Li, 2011 [10] | NA | NA | Compression bandages | NR | 0.1% ethacridine lactate | ShengJiYuYang powder | TCM Hospital of Hebei Province |
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| Jia, 2012 [15] | VLS | NA | NR | Antibiotics and nutritional support | Vaseline ointment + gentamicin | Moist exposed burn ointment (MEBO) | Shantou Meibao Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. |
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| Li and Zhang, 2013 [11] | NA | EVLT | Compression bandages | Antibiotics and aspirin | NR | ShengJiYuHong ointment | TCM Hospital of HanDan city |
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| Peng, 2014 [16] | NA | NA | Compression bandages | Danhong injection; elastic bandage | 0.1% ethacridine lactate | 0.1% ethacridine lactate + Chinese herbal powder | TCM Hospital of Hebei Province |
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| Wang, 2013 [17] | NA | NA | IPC + Compression bandages | Salvia miltiorrhiza and ligustrazine injection | ethacridine lactate | Chinese herbs external washing | TCM Hospital of Hebei Province |
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| Xu, 2009 [21] | NA | NA | NR | Antibiotics | NR | ShengJiYuHong ointment | TCM Hospital of Jiangsu Province |
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| Xu, 2012 [22] | NA | NA | NR | NR | Ethacridine lactate | Chinese herbs external washing + HongYou ointment | Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of TCM |
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| Zhang et al., 2007 [23] | NA | NA | Compression hosiery | Antibiotics if necessary and nutritional support | Vaseline ointment | FuFangSanHuang ointment | TCM Hospital of Shijiazhuang City |
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| Zhang et al., 2008 [24] | VLS | NA | Compression hosiery | NR | NR | Chinese herbs external washing | People’s Hospital of Yunnan Chuxiong |
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| Zhang et al., 2008 [18] | NA | EVLT | Compression bandages | NR | Sensitive antibiotics | HongYou ointment | Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of TCM |
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| Zhang, 2013 [25] | NA | NA | NR | NR | Metronidazole | KuiYang oil | Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine |
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