Surgical treatment of ischial decubitus ulcers.
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Decubitus ulcers.
Decubitus ulcers are frequently encountered in the elderly and in bedridden or wheelchair-bound patients. Successful treatment is often difficult and expensive. Pressure, time, and friction are the major factors involved in the development of skin ulcers with such risk factors as age, female sex, and nutritional status predisposing to their development. Complications can be life threatening. A ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Orthopedics & Traumatology
سال: 1990
ISSN: 1349-4333,0037-1033
DOI: 10.5035/nishiseisai.39.276