OASIS Alert
DEHISCED WOUND OR ULCER: HOW DO YOU TELL?
OASIS wound classifications continue to confuse clinicians.
Does this remain a dehisced surgical wound or is it now a pressure ulcer since the flap procedure has failed? The depth is 2 cm and the wound bed is 50/50 granulation/hard black eschar.Wound length is 7cm, width 2cm.
Answer: If the current wound began with dehiscence of the flap, it is still a dehisced wound, says wound expert Dorothy Doughty, director of the Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing Education Center at Emory University in Atlanta. If the flap had healed and subsequently broken down, it would be a pressure ulcer, she explains.
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