Workshop 3
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Breakout 3
| Thursday, October 8, 2026 |
| 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM |
Overview
Pressure Injury and SCI: A Rising Threat – Preventing the Downward Spiral from Failed Prevention to Catastrophic Outcomes
Details
Pressure injury remains one of the most frequent and preventable complications after spinal cord injury, with rising incidence and increasingly catastrophic outcomes worldwide.Join this interactive workshop to confront a growing global threat: the downward spiral from early skin damage to sepsis and death. Through real cases and live polling, we'll explore prevention and treatment strategies that work across every healthcare system. Help us turn the tide. Your clinical insights could reshape the conversation.
Presenter (only the submitting author is listed below; co-presenters, where applicable, will be listed in the conference app)
Dr Martin Donhauser
Specialist Physician
BG Unfallklink Murnau
Pressure Injury and SCI: A Rising Threat – Preventing the Downward Spiral from Failed Prevention to Catastrophic Outcomes
Biography
dr. Martin Donhauser
• Orthopaedic surgeon and specialist trauma surgeon,
• Since 2010 at the Spinal Cord Injury Centre, BG Trauma Centre Murnau, Murnau, Germany
• More than 15 years’ experience in the treatment of pressure injuries and flap surgery
• Member of ISCOS and DMGP
• Member of ISCOS Prevention committee
• Chair of ISCOS pressure injury subcommittee
• Head of guideline group of DMGP for prevention and treatment of pressure injuries
