Pressure ulcers and perineal reconstruction

Larson, J; Altman, A; Bentz, Michael L; Larson, D.
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery – January 2014 – Volume 133 – Issue 1 – p 39e–48e

As close as the buttocks and the perineum are anatomically, the clinical settings and the solutions to wound problems in these areas are quite different. The ubiquitous “pressure ulcer” presents more commonly as a clinical management problem than a reconstruction issue. On the other hand, the perineal defect is almost always a reconstruction challenge following tumor ablation. For these reasons, the authors have chosen to separate this Continuing Medical Education offering into two parts. The first part addresses the pressure ulcer, while the latter discusses the perineum.