Pressure Ulcers
Wound Care Surgeons provide wound assessment and treatment services to patients who are suffering from chronic or difficult-to-heal wounds, also provide individualized care to Pressure ulcers which is also known as decubitus ulcers, pressure wound, pressure sores and bedsores these are primarily caused due to skin infection, injuries to the skin or because of prolonged underlying pressure on the skin tissues. Infection is the most common and major complication of Decubitus or pressure ulcer and happens to the patients, who confined to bed or sits on wheelchair for longer hours and pressure sores can often occur on tailbone, buttocks, spine, or back of legs Heels, lower back, elbows, inner knees, these are the pressure areas that are likely to develop sores or ulcers. Symptoms of pressure ulcers Pressure ulcers/ wounds can affect any part of the body that's put under pressure. They're most common on bony parts of the body, such as the heels, elbows, hips, ankles, and b...