Pragmatic randomised controlled trial to evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of compression therapy for surgical wounds healing by secondary intention following excision of lower limb keratinocyte cancers in UK skin cancer surgery centres (HEALS2 trial): study protocol

Henrietta Konwea, Myka Ransom, Rachel Abbott, Iqra Ashraf, Chris Bojke, Sarah Tess Brown, Howard Collier, Joanna Connor, Rachael Mary Gilberts, Jasmine Mann, Annah Muli, Jane Nixon, Emma Pynn, David Veitch, A G H Wernham, Elizabeth McGinnis

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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115191
Published: 2026-09
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@article{allodium:10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115191,
  title = {Pragmatic randomised controlled trial to evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of compression therapy for surgical wounds healing by secondary intention following excision of lower limb keratinocyte cancers in UK skin cancer surgery centres (HEALS2 trial): study protocol},
  author = {Henrietta Konwea and Myka Ransom and Rachel Abbott and Iqra Ashraf and Chris Bojke and Sarah Tess Brown and Howard Collier and Joanna Connor and Rachael Mary Gilberts and Jasmine Mann and Annah Muli and Jane Nixon and Emma Pynn and David Veitch and A G H Wernham and Elizabeth McGinnis},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {BMJ Open},
  doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115191},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115191}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Pragmatic randomised controlled trial to evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of compression therapy for surgical wounds healing by secondary intention following excision of lower limb keratinocyte cancers in UK skin cancer surgery centres (HEALS2 trial): study protocol
AU  - Henrietta Konwea
AU  - Myka Ransom
AU  - Rachel Abbott
AU  - Iqra Ashraf
AU  - Chris Bojke
AU  - Sarah Tess Brown
AU  - Howard Collier
AU  - Joanna Connor
AU  - Rachael Mary Gilberts
AU  - Jasmine Mann
AU  - Annah Muli
AU  - Jane Nixon
AU  - Emma Pynn
AU  - David Veitch
AU  - A G H Wernham
AU  - Elizabeth McGinnis
PY  - 2026
JO  - BMJ Open
DO  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115191
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115191
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Konwea, H., Ransom, M., Abbott, R., Ashraf, I., Bojke, C., Brown, S. T., Collier, H., Connor, J., Gilberts, R. M., Mann, J., Muli, A., Nixon, J., Pynn, E., Veitch, D., Wernham, A. G. H., & McGinnis, E. (2026). Pragmatic randomised controlled trial to evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of compression therapy for surgical wounds healing by secondary intention following excision of lower limb keratinocyte cancers in UK skin cancer surgery centres (HEALS2 trial): study protocol. BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115191

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