Fecal diversion does not support healing of anus-near pressure ulcers in patients with spinal cord injury-results of a retrospective cohort study.

The presence of a stoma is not related to improved wound healing of ulcers near the anus. On the contrary, stoma patients needed more time until complete wound healing, conceivably related to selection bias. Nonetheless, we currently do not recommend fecal diversion to be the standard concept for decubitus treatment.