1. Kobe Academia Clinic, Hyogo, Japan
2. The Working Group for the Surgical Indication, Japanese Society of Pressure Ulcers
3. Department of Plastic Surgery, Kobe University, Hyogo, Japan
4. Department of Health Informatics, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan
5. Okabe Plastic Surgery and Orthopedics Clinic, Kanagawa, Japan
6. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Nagasaki, Japan
7. Department of Plastic Surgery, Hakodate General Central Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan
8. Department of Plastic Surgery, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan
9. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan
10. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan
11. Department of Nursing, Kobe University Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
12. Hyogo Prefectural Rehabilitation Center, Hyogo, Japan
13. Department of Plastic Surgery, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan
14. Department of Nursing, Hoshigaoka Medical Center, Osaka, Japan
15. Department of Nursing, Kyorin University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
16. Scientific Education Committee, Japanese Society of Pressure Ulcers
17. Department of Dermatology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
18. Wellness Promotion Science Center, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan
19. Scientific Committee, Japanese Society of Pressure Ulcers
20. Department of Gerontological Nursing/Wound Care Management, Division of Health Science and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
21. President, Japanese Society of Pressure Ulcers