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CASE STUDY: W.S., 54 year-old white male paraplegic with a Stage 3 Pressure Ulcer at left lateral heel of deformed atrophic foot.5/16/97 Left heel open measuring 2.5 cm long x 1.88 cm wide, triangular shape with old scar tissue and dried drainage present. Using pressure reducing boot. (Photo below)
5/22/97 Wound filled, flattened and contracted. Drainage decreased. (Photo below)
5/29/97 New granulation tissue extending into wound. (Photo below)
6/5/97 Patient admitted to Muhlenberg Rehabilitation Hospital. Wound measured 1.3 cm long x 0.9 cm wide. Minimal serous drainage present. 100% granulation tissue with epithelialization surrounding wound. (Photo below)
6/18/97 Minimal serous drainage, with no maceration present. No odor present. Epithelialization continuing.
6/20/97 Wound healed. (Photo below taken on 6/23/97)
"This paraplegic patient arrived with multiple pressure ulcers after prolonged malnutrition and immobility. It was remarkable that the heel wound responded in slightly greater than one month to closure."
Edna Keister, RN, BBA, CETN, OCN
Edna is a Board Certified Ostomy Specialist and Board Certified Oncology Nurse at
Sacred Heart Hospital in Allentown, PA.
