Author (year of study) | Type of procedure | Study design | Study sample | Relevant data | Result |
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Ratliff (2020) [8] | Lower limb amputation | Cross-sectional research design | 46 patients with peripheral arterial disease. All were vascular surgery patients who were discharged from a level one trauma center from 2016 to 2017 | Frequency of pressure injury | Frequency of 37% |
Mehaffey et al. (2017) [13] | Open or endovascular carotid repair, open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, femoral artery to distal vessel revascularization, endovascular peripheral arterial stenting or above and/or below knee amputation | Using the 2009 National Inpatient Survey, all adult patients who underwent vascular surgery were selected | All adult patients who underwent vascular surgery in 2009 in the USA (n = 538, 808) | Frequency of pressure injury, risk factors | 3.04% percent overall |
Thomson et al. (2009) [23] | Elective open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair | National Vascular Database of the Vascular Society of New Zealand was used to conduct retrospective analysis | 1549 patients who underwent open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair from 1 January 1994 to 31 December 2005 in all hospitals performing vascular surgery in New Zealand | Incidence, risk factors | 0.1 percent of patients developed pressure injury |
Spittle et al. (2001) [20] | Lower leg amputations | A retrospective survey of medical and nursing records of all patients | 122 patients who had an amputation involving the lower limb in Hereford between January 1995 and December 1998(n = 62 for major amputation, n = 60 for minor amputation) | Incidence, risk factors | After major amputations, incidence of pressure injury was 55%. After minor amputations, 20%. See Table 4 for risk factors |
Schultz et al. (1999) [9] | Vascular surgery | Prospective, randomized design, comparing standard surgical care to new intraoperative mattress overlay | 29 vascular surgery patients were included, with 19 using the experimental overlay, and 10 using the standard surgical care | Incidence | 45% of patients developed a pressure injury |
Aronovitch (1999) [17] | Vascular surgery | 1523 packets were mailed to Wound Ostomy, and Continence Nursing Society members who identified their work setting as hospital-based acute care. Each member was asked to collect data on patients who underwent surgery lasting 3 h or longer on Monday through Thursday of a particular week | 110 vascular surgery patients met the outlined criteria | Incidence | 17.2% of patients developed a pressure injury |
Shah et al. (2015) [18] | Open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, carotid endarterectomy, and lower extremity bypass/femoral endarterectomy | The Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) (2003–2011) was queried to identify never events applicable to vascular surgery patients, including stage 3 and 4 pressure injuries | 267,734 patients qualified for inclusion in the study | Frequency of pressure injury, risk factors | Frequency of 0.05%. See Table 3 for risk factors |
Corniello et al. (2014) [25] | Vascular surgery | Retrospective medical review | Sample included 849 patients with vascular diseases, who were > 18 years old and were receiving hospital care on a 25-bed vascular surgery step-down unit from November 1, 2008, through December 31, 2009 | Risk factors | See Table 3 for risk factors |
Aragon-Sanchez (2010) [21] | Below/above the knee amputations | Retrospective analysis | 283 patients were included, all of whom underwent major amputation between January 1, 1998, and December 31, 2008, at the General Surgery Department and Diabetic Foot Unit of La Paloma Hospital in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. 221 patients were diabetic and 62 patients were non-diabetic | Incidence, risk factor | Incidence of 3.5% |
Ploeg et al. (2005)[19] | Above knee and below knee amputations | Prospective study | A total of 45 above knee amputations and 77 below knee amputations were performed in 97 patients | Incidence | Incidence of 2.6% in below knee amputations, 15.6% in above knee amputations |
Lardenoye et al. (2009) [22] | Amputation, peripheral vascular surgery | Prospective study | 204 amputations, and 1370 peripheral vascular surgeries were performed | Incidence | 8.8% incidence in amputations, 0.9% in peripheral vascular surgeries |
Bath et al. (2018) [24] | Endovascular and open elective abdominal aorta repair | Retrospective study | 66,923 patients who underwent abdominal aorta repair between 2009 and 2012 | Incidence | In the open group, 49 (0.5%) patients developed a pressure injury and in the endovascular group 117 patients (0.2%) developed a pressure injury, for an overall incidence of 0.25% |