Pressure injury flap surgery in people with spinal cord injury/disorder: surgical and rehabilitation outcomes
Evgeniya Zakharova-Luneva, Christy Hogan, Rachel Jones, Jo-anne Kemp, Darren Allon, Samuel Yang, Timothy Geraghty · 2026
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Description
Zakharova-Luneva and colleagues audited outcomes for 61 people with spinal cord injury or disorder. They underwent 84 flap surgeries to repair pelvic pressure injuries at a tertiary spinal unit between 2015 and 2023. Their chart review extracted 91 variables. These spanned demographics, surgery, rehabilitation management, and the full range of complications after repair.
By discharge, 95 percent of patients could sit for at least four hours. Half tolerated more than eight hours of sitting daily. Setbacks were common though: 15 percent had reduced transfer ability. And 27 percent needed more personal care support than before surgery. Being overweight raised total complications by 54 percent in the adjusted analysis. Diabetes alone showed no such link to overall counts. Local wound complications tracked with more pressure injuries at admission, prior flap surgery, osteomyelitis, and longer waits before sitting.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Evgeniya Zakharova-Luneva, Christy Hogan, Rachel Jones, Jo-anne Kemp, Darren Allon, Samuel Yang, Timothy Geraghty |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |