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The development of a pressure sore has many reasons. There are a number of external (environment) and intrinsic (patient) risk factors that favor the occurrence of decubitus ulcers:
To classify a pressure sore defect the following criteria should be specified;
Pressure sores present a great challenge because they:
Diagnosis and therapy of decubitus is carried out by a multidisciplinary treatment team with a common language for diagnosis and documentation and a so-called "integrative therapy concept", which is based on;
Avoidance/prevention of decubitus
The best treatment for pressure ulcers is to avoid them (prevention). The following principles have proven themselves:
Control
The Decubitus Evaluation System (DES) has proven itself for standardized control and standardized documentation.
Decubitus therapy
If there is a manifest decubitus, this first means that the measures to avoid it (prevention) were not sufficient. Decubitus therapy is based on:
The development of a pressure sore has many reasons. There are a number of external (environment) and intrinsic (patient) risk factors that favor the occurrence of decubitus ulcers:
To classify a pressure sore defect the following criteria should be specified;
Pressure sores present a great challenge because they:
Whenever possible a complete tumor (R0) resection must be carried out. A histological control of the margins and the bottom of the resected tumor (wound) is always necessary. The resulting defect must be covered as soon as possible.
If tumor wound resection is not possible for any reason, the following requirements for the wound dressing must be taken into consideration:
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