Τίτλος:
ROLE OF EARLY AND EXTENSIVE SURGERY IN THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE
NECROTIZING SOFT-TISSUE INFECTION
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
Forty-two patients with necrotizing soft tissue infection are reviewed.
Bacterial culture revealed between two and seven types of micro-organism
in each patient. All patients were treated with radical surgical
debridement and a combination of antibiotics. In 30 patients, early
diagnosis and treatment resulted in only two deaths. Delayed surgical
intervention in 12 patients transferred from outside hospitals was
followed by nine deaths. Predisposing factors and site of infection did
not affect outcome. Of 26 patients with systemic manifestations of
sepsis, 16 survivors responded well to initial surgical debridement.
Συγγραφείς:
VOROS, D
PISSIOTIS, C
GEORGANTAS, D
KATSARAGAKIS, S and
ANTONIOU, S
PAPADIMITRIOU, J
Περιοδικό:
British Journal of Surgery: BJS
Εκδότης:
Blackwell Science Ltd Oxford, UK
DOI:
10.1002/bjs.1800800943
