Article Sidebar
Published:
Jun 21, 2018Article Details
Copyright remains in the Author’s name. The work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - Noncommercial Works License. Authors are required to complete and sign an Author Agreement form that outlines Author and Publisher rights and terms of publication. The Agreement form should be uploaded along with other submissions files and any submission will be considered incomplete without it [forthcoming].
Material submitted for publication in the SAMJ is accepted provided it has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Please inform the editorial team if the main findings of your paper have been presented at a conference and published in abstract form, to avoid copyright infringement. The SAMJ does not hold itself responsible for statements made by the authors.
Previously published images
If an image/figure has been previously published, permission to reproduce or alter it must be obtained by the authors from the original publisher and the figure legend must give full credit to the original source. This credit should be accompanied by a letter indicating that permission to reproduce the image has been granted to the author/s. This letter should be uploaded as a supplementary file during submission.
Main Article Content
The nature and treatment of trophic pressure sores
Abstract
The development of trophic sores in an analgesic part of the body is a feature of many conditions, medical and surgical. While the vast majority can be prevented by simple methods, the cure of an established, penetrating trophic ulcer is a difficult and taxing problem. Their management merits most careful attention. Experience with paraplegic patients reveals the marked contrast in the maintenance of fair general condition and consequent speedy rehabilitation in those in whom this complication has been avoided and the dreadful, steady, septic deterioration in the untreated or badly treated case.
Our experience is based upon the management of a paraplegic unit of 40 beds. While no fundamentally new principles are iterated, it is felt that-since this is the only such unit in southern Africa-experience gained there could well be applied elsewhere in the country.
