Pressure ulcer is among the most common causes of long term morbidity in patients with spinal cord injury and the leading cause of hospitalization for such patients. The cost of treatment per patient ranges from $2,000 to over $120,000. Pressure ulcers can lead to other complications like local tissue infection, sepsis or amyloidosis. Hydrotherapy is one of the two specialized treatment modalities recommended for wound healing. The two types of hydrotherapy include whirlpool therapy and pulsatile lavage therapy.
Pulsatile lavage treatment uses a pulsatile pressurized stream of normal saline to provide localized hydrotherapy to pressure ulcers. The treatment ...
