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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Orthopaedic POSSUM scoring system: An assessment of the risk of debridement in patients with pressure sores

Masakazu Kurita Department of Plastic Surgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Shigeru Ichioka Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saitama Medical School, Saitama, Japan
,
Yoshio Oshima Department of Plastic Surgery, Tomei Atsugi Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
&
Kiyonori Harii Department of Plastic Surgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Pages 214-218 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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