title: The incidence of pressure ulcers in surgical patients of the last 5 years: a systematic review.
abstract: ﻿This systematic review looks at the incidence of pressure ulcers in surgical patients of the last 5 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors searched Pubmed and Web of Science for studies published after 2005. Screen- ing and data abstraction were performed independently by 2 reviewers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventeen studies (5,451 patients) met the inclusion criteria. The incidence of surgery-related pressure ulcers ranged from 0.003 to 0.574. The pooled incidence was 0.15 (95% CI 0.14-0.16, I2 = 98.2%). For cardiac surgery, hip fracture surgery, and patients on the surgical intensive care unit, the pooled incidence was 0.18 (95% CI 0.14-0.22, I2 = 62.8%), 0.22 (95% CI 0.20-0.24, I2= 98.4%), and 0.11 (95% CI 0.09-0.13, I2 = 98.5%), respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The data on the incidence of surgery-related pressure ulcers indicates that appropriate monitoring and treatment need to be performed.
authors: Nursing School of Nantong University, Nantong Ci, Jiangsu Province, China;pphss@126.com.
authors: Hong-Lin
authors: HL
authors: Chen
authors: Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong Ci, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors: Xiao-Yan
authors: XY
authors: Chen
authors: Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong Ci, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors: Juan
authors: J
authors: Wu