Opinion: Defining Readiness for Reconstructive Surgery in Patients With Advanced Pressure Ulcers-A Policy and Clinical Perspective

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F65269705%3A_____%2F25%3A00082800" target="_blank" >RIV/65269705:_____/25:00082800 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14110/25:00142312

Result on the web

<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/wrr.70099" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/wrr.70099</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/wrr.70099" target="_blank" >10.1111/wrr.70099</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Opinion: Defining Readiness for Reconstructive Surgery in Patients With Advanced Pressure Ulcers-A Policy and Clinical Perspective

Original language description

Reconstructive surgery for advanced pressure ulcers continues to pose one of the most persistent challenges in wound care. Despite advances in surgical techniques, flap coverage remains burdened by unacceptably high complication and recurrence rates, with devastating consequences for patients. In a large series, nearly 59% of patients experienced complications, including wound dehiscence in 31% and recurrence approaching 29%. In spinal cord injury cohorts, dehiscence reached 31%, infection 25%, hematoma 20% and flap necrosis 10%-14%. Even more concerning, long-term follow-up from a national database reported recurrence in 73.6% of patients.These outcomes are not merely statistics; they represent repeated operations, prolonged hospital stays and significant losses in quality of life. For clinicians, they highlight a critical gap: the absence of clear, evidence-based readiness criteria to determine when a patient is truly prepared for reconstruction.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30216 - Dermatology and venereal diseases

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Wound Repair and Regeneration

ISSN

1067-1927

e-ISSN

1524-475X

Volume of the periodical

33

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

2

Pages from-to

"e70099"

UT code for WoS article

001603576900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105018128625