[How to treat a bed sore with a tendon exposed].
Bed sores are a serious social, health and legal problem since they imply serious consequences for the quality of life of the person affected and his/her caretakers; besides they create an enormous sanitary cost, both at the level of material as well as human resources. The author describes the case of an 84 year-old woman who has a stage IV bed sore with a tendon exposed; the interdisciplinary and integral treatment of her case by the Primary Health Care Center succeeded in curing her wound in 59 days.
Leyva-Moral
Juan M
JM
juan.leyva@yahoo.es
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000451:nursing*; D013710:Tendons