scholarly journals Pressure sores significantly increase the risk of developing a Fournier's gangrene in patients with spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (11) ◽  
pp. 1143-1146 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Backhaus ◽  
M Citak ◽  
D-J Tilkorn ◽  
R Meindl ◽  
T A Schildhauer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Fournier’S Gangrene ◽  
Pressure Sores ◽  
Fournier's Gangrene ◽  
Cord Injury

scholarly journals Fournier's gangrene in a female with spinal cord injury: a case report

Spinal Cord ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 268-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
V Nigam ◽  
T A Halim ◽  
H S Chhabra
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Fournier’S Gangrene ◽  
Fournier's Gangrene ◽  
Cord Injury

scholarly journals Localised necrosis of scrotum (Fournier's gangrene) in a spinal cord injury patient – a case report

2002 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Subramanian Vaidyanathan ◽  
Bakul M Soni ◽  
Peter L Hughes ◽  
Paul Mansour ◽  
Gurpreet Singh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury Patient ◽  
Fournier’S Gangrene ◽  
Fournier's Gangrene ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Injury Patient

scholarly journals Prevention and treatment of pressure sore following spinal cord injury

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (10) ◽  
pp. 623-632
Author(s):  
Myeong Ok Kim
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Pressure Ulcer ◽  
Wound Care ◽  
Pressure Sore ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
Advisory Panel ◽  
Pressure Sores ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Pressure Injury

Pressure sores or pressure injury is a serious complication of a spinal cord injury (SCI), representing a challenging problem for patients, their caregivers, and their physicians. Persons with SCI are vulnerable to pressure sores throughout their life. Pressure sores can potentially interfere with the physical, psychosocial, and overall quality of life. Outcomes directly depend on education and prevention along with conservative and surgical management. Therefore, it is very important to understand everything about pressure sores following SCI. This review covers epidemiology, cost, pathophysiology, risk factors, staging, evaluation tools, prevention, education, conservative wound care methods, surgical treatment, and future trends in wound healing related to post-SCI pressure sores. A change in nomenclature was adopted by the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel in 2016, replacing “pressure ulcer”with “pressure injury.” New concepts of pressure injury staging, such as suspected deep tissue injuries and unstageable pressure injuries, were also introduced. A systematic evidence-based review of the prevention of and therapeutic interventions for pressure sores was also discussed.

The relationship between pressure sores and psychosocial adjustment in persons with spinal cord injury.

1982 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne A Gordon ◽  
Susan Bellile ◽  
Stefan Harasymiw ◽  
Laurie Lehman ◽  
Biddy Sherman
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Psychosocial Adjustment ◽  
Pressure Sores ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS AND PRESSURE SORES AT GREEN PASTURES SPINAL INJURY UNIT

2003 ◽  
Vol 42 (146) ◽  
pp. 92-95
Author(s):  
Friedbert B Herm ◽  
R B Tripathi ◽  
Altrichter
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Urinary Tract Infection ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Tract Infection ◽  
Spinal Injury ◽  
Pressure Sores ◽  
Hospitalization Period ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Tract Infections

ABSTRACTBetween 46-59% of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) cases develop Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) and 16-18%develop pressure sores during the first year after the trauma. In a retrospective approach, the occurrence ofUTI and pressure sores at Green Pastures Hospital’s Spinal Injury Unit was studied. Between 1997-2000out of 39 included patients 27 had suffered a thoracic-lumbar, 12 a cervical trauma. Twenty of these( 51.2% ) developed UTI and 7 ( 17.9% ) developed pressure sores during their hospitalization period. Themost commonly organism found in both complications, UTI and pressure sores, was E. coli, followed byProteus in UTI and Staph. aureus in pressure sores. Detected UTI and pressure sores among referredpatients at admission was higher than expected (71.7% and 48.7% respectively). In conclusion, adherenceto a protocol by a multidisciplinary health care team resulted in favourable outcome of patients with SCIadmitted to the rehabilitation unit. This is believed to be an indicator for the need of specialized SCI units.However, also in the studied sample at Green Pastures there was room for further improvement within the expected range.Key Words: Spinal Cord Injury, Urinary Tract Infection, Pressure Sore.

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