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A Treatment Protocol for Achilles Tendinopathy with Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy
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[How to treat a bed sore with a tendon exposed]
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Abstract:
Bed sores are a serious social, health and legal problem since they imply serious consequences for the quality of life of the person affected and his/her caretakers; besides they create an enormous sanitary cost, both at the level of material as well as human resources. The author describes the case of an 84 year-old woman who has a stage IV bed sore with a tendon exposed; the interdisciplinary and integral treatment of her case by the Primary Health Care Center succeeded in curing her wound in 59 days.
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