Necrotizing fasciitis after internal fixation of fracture of femoral trochanteric()()

Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare and potentially lethal soft tissue infection. We report a case of trochanteric femur fracture in a patient who underwent fracture fixation and developed necrotizing fasciitis. A literature review on the topic will be addressed.

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Autores principales: Santos, Leandro Emílio Nascimento, Pires, Robinson Esteves Santos, Figueiredo, Leonardo Brandão, Soares, Eduardo Augusto Marques
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4511754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26229777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rboe.2014.01.009
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author Santos, Leandro Emílio Nascimento
Pires, Robinson Esteves Santos
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spelling pubmed-45117542015-07-30 Necrotizing fasciitis after internal fixation of fracture of femoral trochanteric()() Santos, Leandro Emílio Nascimento Pires, Robinson Esteves Santos Figueiredo, Leonardo Brandão Soares, Eduardo Augusto Marques Rev Bras Ortop Case Report Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare and potentially lethal soft tissue infection. We report a case of trochanteric femur fracture in a patient who underwent fracture fixation and developed necrotizing fasciitis. A literature review on the topic will be addressed. Elsevier 2014-02-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4511754/ /pubmed/26229777 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rboe.2014.01.009 Text en © 2014 Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Santos, Leandro Emílio Nascimento
Pires, Robinson Esteves Santos
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Necrotizing fasciitis after internal fixation of fracture of femoral trochanteric()()
title Necrotizing fasciitis after internal fixation of fracture of femoral trochanteric()()
title_full Necrotizing fasciitis after internal fixation of fracture of femoral trochanteric()()
title_fullStr Necrotizing fasciitis after internal fixation of fracture of femoral trochanteric()()
title_full_unstemmed Necrotizing fasciitis after internal fixation of fracture of femoral trochanteric()()
title_short Necrotizing fasciitis after internal fixation of fracture of femoral trochanteric()()
title_sort necrotizing fasciitis after internal fixation of fracture of femoral trochanteric()()
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4511754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26229777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rboe.2014.01.009
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