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Secondary objectives included the risk of complications and ulcer recurrence. Associations between the wound healing and potentially interfering parameters were determined.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title><jats:p>University hospital with a spinal cord injury unit.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 463 consecutive patients who presented with a decubitus were retrospectively included. Patients with and without a stoma were compared using descriptive and explorative statistics including multiple regression analysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The severity of the pressure ulcers was determined as stage 3 in two-thirds and stage 4 in one-third of all cases. The wound healing lasted longer in the 71 stoma-presenting patients than in the 392 patients with undeviated defecation (77 vs. 59 days,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.02). The age (regression coefficient<jats:italic>b<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.41,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.02), the ASA classification (<jats:italic>b<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200916.04,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.001) and the stage of the ulcers (<jats:italic>b<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200919.65,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.001) were associated with prolonged ulcer treatment in the univariate analysis. The multiple regression analysis revealed that the fecal diversion (<jats:italic>b<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u221218.19,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.03) and the stage of the ulcers (<jats:italic>b<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200921.62,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.001) were the only predictors of delayed wound healing.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The presence of a stoma is not related to improved wound healing of ulcers near the anus. 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