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First known case of successful pressure ulcer treatment in a lung transplant patient with post-COVID-19 pneumonia
- Source :
- Journal of Wound Care. 30:594-597
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Mark Allen Group, 2021.
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Abstract
- Given the current COVID-19 crisis, multiple clinical manifestations and related complications of COVID-19 disease, especially in lung transplant patients following post-COVID-19 pneumonia, are a major challenge. Herein, we report the therapeutic course of the first reported case of sacrococcyx pressure ulcers (PU) in a 65-year-old male COVID-19 patient who underwent lung transplantation and developed a PU following surgery. We used a combination of regulated negative pressure-assisted wound therapy system (RNPT, six treatment courses, five days per treatment course), a skin tension-relief system (an intraoperative aid in minimising wounds caused by sacrococcygeal PUs) and a gluteus maximus myocutaneous flap to repair sacrococcygeal wounds. This successfully treated case provides a reference point for the treatment of similar cases.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Nursing (miscellaneous)
Wound therapy
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
medicine.medical_treatment
Disease
Surgical Flaps
Disease course
Humans
Medicine
Lung transplantation
Aged
Pressure Ulcer
Lung
SARS-CoV-2
business.industry
COVID-19
medicine.disease
Surgery
Pneumonia
medicine.anatomical_structure
Fundamentals and skills
Transplant patient
business
Lung Transplantation
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20522916 and 09690700
- Volume :
- 30
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Wound Care
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....721e06ff279ed8ae20ac3225dccf0035