Trial reportInternational wound journal2021
Prevention of pressure injury in the operating room: Heels operating room pressure injury trial.
Trial report in International wound journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.
- Dressings and topical agents for preventing pressure ulcers.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a Rotating-Leg Prepper for Reducing Pressure Injury and Preventing Surgical Site Infection in Patients Undergoing Heart Surgery: Paired Matching Randomised Controlled Trial.International wound journal · 2025Trial
- Investigating the effect of video-based training on adherence of surgical positioning standards: a randomized controlled trial.BMC research notes · 2024Trial
- Prevention of pressure injury in the operating room: Heels operating room pressure injury trial.International wound journal · 2021Trial
- Risk assessment for injuries resulting from positioning and incidence of neuropathy and skin lesions.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2026Observational
- Postoperative Mobility and its Relationship with Surgery-Related Pressure Injuries: Incidence and Risk Factors in Bariatric Surgery Patients.Obesity surgery · 2026Article
- Development of A Surgery-Related Pressure Injury Risk Assessment Scale (SURPIRAS): A Methodological Study.Journal of clinical nursing · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of a Single-Use Polyurethane Foam Positioning Pad Compared With Five-Layer Foam Sacral Dressing for Pressure Ulcer Prevention in the Operating Room: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Mitigating perioperative pressure injuries in microsurgical breast reconstruction.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Review
- Validation of ELPO-PT: A Risk Assessment Scale for Surgical Positioning Injuries in the Portuguese Context.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2024Article
- Impact of shear stress on sacral pressure injury from table rotation during laparoscopic colorectal surgery performed in the lithotomy position.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Extrinsic factors of pressure injuries in patients during surgery: A frequency matched retrospective study.International wound journal · 2023Article
- Preventing pressure injury in open-heart surgical patients: A systematic review.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Prevention Effects of Chain Management on Pressure Ulcers of Hospitalized Patients.Journal of healthcare engineering · 2021Article
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The objective was to evaluate the efficacy of multi-layered silicone foam (intervention) compared with transparent polyurethane film (control) in preventing heel pressure injuries caused by surgical positioning of individuals undergoing elective surgery. It was designed an intra-patient, open, parallel, randomised controlled trial was conducted in a university hospital in southern Brazil, from March 2019 to February 2020, with patients undergoing elective surgeries of cardiac and gastrointestinal specialties. The patients who met the selection criteria constituted, simultaneously, a single group receiving the intervention and active control, through paired analysis of the cutaneous sites (right heel and left heel). The outcome was the occurrence of PI, within the follow-up period was 72 hours. Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials: RBR-5GKNG5. There was analysis of 135 patients/270 heels, with an overall incidence of 36.7%. The pressure injury incidence was significantly lower in the intervention group (26.7%), compared with the control group (P = .001); relative risk of 0.57. In the intervention group, the estimated pressure injury-free time (survival) was 57.5 hours and in the control group, 43.9 hours. It was concluded that Multi-layered silicone foam (intervention) is more efficacious than transparent polyurethane film (control) in the prevention of pressure injuries caused by surgical positioning of individuals undergoing elective surgery.
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