%0 Journal Article
%T Seeing is Believing? Preoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Pressure Ulcers: Implications for Surgical Management
%A David Rivedal
%A Emily Hartmann
%A James McCarthy
%A Michael L. Bentz
%A Samuel O. Poore
%A Venkat K. Rao
%A Young Jee
%J Archive of "Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open".
%D 2017
%R 10.1097/GOX.0000000000001263
%X Pressure ulcers represent a particularly difficult disease process and remain a financially important entity. The underlying bone in advanced ulcers may harbor osteomyelitis. Radiologic diagnosis of osteomyelitis is confounded by chronic pressure and shear. We sought to determine the test characteristics of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis of osteomyelitis compared to intraoperative bone culture
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5404448/