Treatment of a complicated postoperative wound in an obese patient with recurrent vulvar cancer – a case report

Kamila Stopińska; Adrianna Marzec; Anita Olejek

doi:10.5114/lr.2022.122554

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Case report

Treatment of a complicated postoperative wound in an obese patient with recurrent vulvar cancer – a case report

Kamila Stopińska

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Adrianna Marzec

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Anita Olejek

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Katedra i Klinika Ginekologii, Położnictwa i Ginekologii Onkologicznej w Bytomiu, Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach

LECZENIE RAN 2022; 19 (4): 133-135

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/lr.2022.122554

Online publish date: 2022/12/23

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The treatment of postoperative wounds after major surgery in obese and overburdened patients is a major challenge for medical personnel. This case report describes the process of complicated healing of a surgical wound after surgical removal of recurrent vulvar cancer. Due to the obesity of the patient and the stretching of the fatty tissue on the abdomen, the postoperative wound de-split, which resulted in bacterial colonization of the wound and hindered healing. Huge obesity made nursing activities more difficult. Difficult healing may also be related to the fact that the patient was burdened with diabetes and arterial hypertension.

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Treatment of a complicated postoperative wound in an obese patient with recurrent vulvar cancer – a case report

Kamila Stopińska 1 , Adrianna Marzec 1 , Anita Olejek 1

vulvar cancer, wound hygiene, wound healing

Kamila Stopińska

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,

Adrianna Marzec

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Anita Olejek

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