No!
For every 100 patients treated with stockings about three developed skins breaks associated with the stocking use. If you fit stockings to 35 patients you are likely to cause one skin break.
Pressure sore behind the knee where the rolled stockings has damaged the skin.
Results of CLOTS 1
Stockings do not reduce the risk of dying but do increase the risk of skin breaks.
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