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Case Reports
Patient Positioning and Skin Sequelae: Ischemic Epidermal Necrosis from Tight Padding During Cardiac Surgery.
- Mona Sadeghpour, Jeremiah Au, Jonhan Ho, Jaime Hyman, and Timothy Patton.
- From the *Department of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and †Department of Anesthesiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York.
- A A Case Rep. 2016 May 15; 6 (10): 293-5.
AbstractCareful positioning and padding of pressure points during surgery are recommended to prevent pressure ulcers, vascular injury, and nerve damage in an immobilized patient. However, overpadding may have unintended consequences. We report a case of ischemia-induced full-thickness epidermal necrosis secondary to tight foam padding during a cardiac surgery.
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