TY  - JOUR
T1  - PRinciples in the operative treatment of pressure sores
AU  - Wechselberger G, Schoeller T, Otto A
Y1  - 1998/04/01
N1  - 
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 465
EP  - 465
VL  - 133
IS  - 4
N2  - 
We read with great expectations the article from Foster et al1 in the August issue of the ARCHIVES, in which the authors develop a rationale for flap selection. We hoped to find answers to questions raised when we read their similar article2 1 month ago, which used the same results and conclusions while focusing only on ischial pressure sore coverage. Unfortunately, we again found simply a ranking of flaps according to their primary healing rate. While we congratulate the authors on their convincingly high 89% success rate, we would like to see an explanation of why the flap recommended as the first choice should be superior to the second-choice flap, and why the same flap is superior when applied to one location but should be avoided in the next.

SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ER  -