For more information on skin integrity research, please reference the articles listed below.

Positioning impact on the surgical patient
MP O'Connell
Nursing Clinics of North America. 2006; 41(2): 173-192

Pressure damage in surgery
T Goodman
Advance for Nurses. 2005; 7(15): 33

Pressure ulcer development in the operating room
B Schouchoff
Critical Care Nursing Quarterly. 2002; 25(1): 76-82

Pressure ulcer risk in the peri-operative environment
EM Scott, R Buckland
Nursing Standard. 2005; 20(7): 74-86

A 4-cm thermoactive viscoelastic foam pad on the operating room table to prevent pressure ulcer during cardiac surgery
J Feuchtinger, R de Bie, T Dassen, R Halfens
Journal of Clinical Nursing. 2006; 15: 162-167

Interface pressure measurement during surgery: a comparison of four operating table surfaces
BP Keller, J van Overbeeke, C van der Werken
Journal of Wound Care. 2005; 15(1): 5-9

Choosing the Right Support Surface
J Maklebust
Advances in Skin & Wound Care. 2005; 18(3): 158-161

Development of a risk assessment tool for intraoperative pressure ulcers
MC Price, JD Whitney, CA King
Journal of Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nursing. 2005; 32(1): 19-30

Predicting and preventing pressure ulcers in surgical patients
A Schultz
AORN Journal. 2005; 81: 986-1006

Save our skin: initiative cuts pressure ulcer incident in half
B Courtney, J Ruppman, H Cooper
Nursing Management. 2006; 37(4): 36-45

Are all pressure ulcers the result of deep tissue injury? A review of the literature
DR Berlowitz, DM Brienza
Ostomy Wound Management. 2007; 53(10): 34-8

Incidence and Clinical Symptoms of Hourglass and Sandwich-shaped Tissue Necrosis in Stage IV Pressure Ulcers
T Ohura, N Ohura Jr., H Oka
Wounds. 2007; 19(11): 310-319

National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel's Updated Pressure Ulcer Staging System
J Black, M Baharestani, J Cuddigan, et.al.
Dermatology Nursing. 2007; 19(4): 343-349