1981
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1981.tb00221.x
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Hyperbaric Oxygen in the Management of Pressure Sores in Patients with Injuries to the Spinal Cord

Abstract: The role of oxygen in wound healing is discussed, especially the healing of pressure sores, which are considered as ischemic ulcers. From the author's experience with 521 flap closures, 27 flaps had compromised circulation and 20 of these could be resuscitated almost totally by treatment with hyperbaric oxygen within 24 hours after surgery. The author emphasizes that this modality of treatment should be considered when a skin flap is in danger of ischemia during surgery for pressure sores.

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“…The most common predisposing factor is a pressure ulcer. In 88 per cent of our series, the infection spread from the infected pressure ulcer to the underlying bone (Eltorai, 1981). Pressure sores are the end result of tissue ischaemia due to pressure and/or shearing forces with consequent necrosis and bacterial invasion.…”
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confidence: 91%
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“…The most common predisposing factor is a pressure ulcer. In 88 per cent of our series, the infection spread from the infected pressure ulcer to the underlying bone (Eltorai, 1981). Pressure sores are the end result of tissue ischaemia due to pressure and/or shearing forces with consequent necrosis and bacterial invasion.…”
Section: Aetiologymentioning
confidence: 91%
“…Of 2055 patients reviewed at the Spinal Cord Injury Service of the Veterans Administration Medical Centre at Long Beach, California, 90 patients had osteomyelitis; that is, an incidence of 4'3 per cent (Eltorai, 1981). The majority had the chronic variety.…”
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