Via practica 9/2008
PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CHRONIC WOUNDS AND PRESSURE SORES
Pressure sores and chronic wounds are wounds that result from tissue loss due to ischemia from pressure, chronic wounds result from infection and metabolic disordres. With the best of care, pressure sores are preventable. In chronic wounds the therapy is a combination of metabolic disorders therapy with surgical treatment. The management of patients with chronic wounds and pressure sores remains an important and significant challenge.
Keywords: chronic wound, pressure sore, surgical treatment.
