UDC 616.314.17-008.1-084:615.015

Introduction. Weakened, immobile, bedridden patients who occupy a passive position in bed often develop local changes of dystrophic and ulcerative-necrotic changes, decubitus ulcers, which aredetermined by trophycal disturbances of the skin and underlying tissues. Significant risk factors include diabetes mellitus, conditions after cerebrovascular diseases, Parkinson's disease and other neurological pathologies, and exhaustion in patients with insufficient or inadequate care. Modern scientific research is mainly aimed at developing strategies and methods for the treatment of pressure ulcers that have already formed, which is a local purulent-necrotic process. There is no clear consensus on the criteria for readiness of bedsores (which affects the outcome of surgery) for surgical treatment, which ultimately determines the length of the hospital care of palliative patients.

Key words: Purulent-necrotic pathology, pressure ulcers (bedsores, decubitus ulcers), classification criteria, features of prevention, strategies of complex treatment.