{"title":"Portrait of practice: a successful approach to preventing heel pressure ulcers after surgery.","authors":"A M Cheney","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Orthopedic surgical procedures requiring a long period of time in the operating room and in recuperation can often result in pressure ulcers of the heels. These are among the ulcers most difficult to heal; therefore, prevention is important. Instituting pre- and postoperative patient education, elevating the heels off the mattress, and using heel protectors resulted in 30 patients with total hip replacement having no pressure ulcers of the heels.</p>","PeriodicalId":77095,"journal":{"name":"Decubitus","volume":"6 4","pages":"39-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1993-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Decubitus","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Orthopedic surgical procedures requiring a long period of time in the operating room and in recuperation can often result in pressure ulcers of the heels. These are among the ulcers most difficult to heal; therefore, prevention is important. Instituting pre- and postoperative patient education, elevating the heels off the mattress, and using heel protectors resulted in 30 patients with total hip replacement having no pressure ulcers of the heels.