Primary repair of a massive pressure ulcer on the hip: report of one case
Author(s) -
Jinglei Tan,
Caiqiang Chen,
Mingshi Zhang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
annals of translational medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2305-5847
pISSN - 2305-5839
DOI - 10.21037/atm.2018.08.30
Subject(s) - medicine , primary (astronomy) , surgery , physics , astronomy
Pressure ulcer is the leading complication in bedridden patients (1) and typically requires multiple surgeries for debridement and vaccum sealing drainage (VSD); after the deep sinus is cleaned, a second surgery can be performed to close the wound (2). In this article we describe our successful primary repair of a massive pressure ulcer on the hip.
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