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https://scholarhub.balamand.edu.lb/handle/uob/7309| Title: | Surgical treatment of sacral pressure injury in ambulating patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective cohort with complications analysis and elaboration of a surgical treatment protocol | Authors: | Nicolas, Gregory Ferreira, Joao Valente, Daniel Abbas, Laielly Saliba, Marita Milcheski, Dimas Junior, Araldo Monteiro Gemperli, Rolf |
Affiliations: | Faculty of Medicine | Keywords: | Coronavirus infections Plastic surgery Pressure injury Surgical flaps Wounds and injuries |
Issue Date: | 2024-01-15 | Publisher: | Elsevier | Part of: | Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery | Volume: | 92 | Start page: | 207 | End page: | 211 | Abstract: | The sudden increase of intensive care unit patients during the coronavirus pandemic led to an increase in the incidence of sacral pressure lesions. Despite being ambulating patients, in many cases the lesions were deep (Grade III and IV), mainly due to the long-term intubation and being bedridden during the pandemic. Most of these wounds necessitated surgical repair. |
URI: | https://scholarhub.balamand.edu.lb/handle/uob/7309 | ISSN: | 17486815 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.bjps.2023.09.021 | Ezproxy URL: | Link to full text | Type: | Journal Article |
| Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Medicine |
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