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Pressure ulcers are skin lesions caused by unrelieved pressure or other forces resulting in damage to the underlying tissue. Usually, pressure ulcers are located over a boney prominence of the body. Pressure ulcers can be staged according to the extent of tissue damage. The staging was proposed by Shea in 1975 [1] and the Wound Ostomy Society (International Association of Enterostomal Therapy) in 1988, and was finally agreed upon in 1989 by the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel, United States.
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Rubayi, S. (2015). Comprehensive Clinical Wound Evaluation. In: Reconstructive Plastic Surgery of Pressure Ulcers. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45358-2_3
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