Category: Decubitus Ulcer

“Never Event” Restraint Injury with Loss of Limb: Filed in Los Angeles County

Greg Vigna March 6, 2025 No Comments

“According to the National Quality Forum (NQF), ‘Never Events’ are errors in medical care that are clearly identifiable, preventable, and serious in their consequences for patients, and indicate a real…

Kindred, Vibra, and Cornerstone Wound Care; Flaps Availability

Greg Vigna March 6, 2025 No Comments

“Despite patients with poor baseline functional status, flap coverage for pressure ulcer patients is safe with acceptable postoperative complications. This type of treatment should be considered for properly selected patients,”…

Decubitus Ulcers: The Medical Necessity of Palliative Wound Care in Long-Term Acute Hospitals

Greg Vigna March 6, 2025 No Comments

“Medicare reimburses providers for inpatient hospitalizationonly if “a physician certifies that such services are required to be given on an inpatient basis for such individual’s medical treatment, or that inpatient…

Study: Ineffective Care for Pelvic Decubitus Ulcer in Focus

Greg Vigna March 6, 2025 No Comments

“The first question I think that needs to be answered by hospitals that cause a Stage IV bedsores is if there is a plastic surgeon on staff that can fix…

Mortality Rate is ‘High’ in Bacteremia Associated with Pressure Ulcers

Greg Vigna March 6, 2025 No Comments

“Mortality rate is high, and hospital-acquired bacteremia, polymicrobial bacteremia, and serum albumin < 23 g/L are associated with increased mortality,” states Dr. Elena Espejo, Complex Wounds Working Group. Greg Vigna,…

University of Chicago: Hit with Unsafe Discharge Lawsuit After Hospital-acquired Bedsore

Greg Vigna March 6, 2025 No Comments

“We represent the Estate of Betty Bell, deceased, who we allege was not provided the standard of care by the University of Chicago for a severe hospital-acquired pressure injury to…

Ineffective Care for African American Decubitus Ulcers: The Evidence is Clear

Greg Vigna March 6, 2025 No Comments

“Across the United States, patients are suffering hospital acquired decubitus ulcers with African Americans most at risk. Compared with Whites, rates of sepsis and death is higher for African Americans,”…

Ineffective Care: Healing May Not be the Goal of Wound Debridement

Greg Vigna March 6, 2025 No Comments

“The type of debridement should align with the treatment goals when managing a patient with a serious Stage III or Stage IV decubitus ulcer. Salvageable patients who desire flap closure…

Treatment Cost for Stage III or IV Pressure Injuries Described for Reconstructive Procedures

Greg Vigna March 6, 2025 No Comments

“Clearly, this research supports the consideration of treatment phases and milestones of a complex treatment concept,” states Reto Wettstein, MD, Plastic Surgeon, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland. Dr. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national…

Wound Healing Society: Decubitus Ulcers Reconstructive Surgery ‘Should Be Performed’

Greg Vigna January 21, 2025 No Comments

“Hospital-acquired decubitus ulcers require either a transfer to a hospital specializing in flap reconstruction or should remain in the hospital until surgically closed,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national decubitus ulcer…

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