Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Life-threatening Complication of Intraoperative Electromyography

Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring is a commonly used practice during spine surgery. Complications of electromyography (EMG) needle electrode placement are very uncommon. We present a patient who was infected with necrotizing fasciitis in her left thigh due to an EMG needle electrode durin...

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Autores principales: Shoakazemi, Alireza, Moisi, Marc, Tubbs, R. Shane, Wingerson, Mary, Ajayi, Olaide, Zwillman, Michael E, Gottlieb, Jourdan, Hanscom, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2016
Materias:
Quality Improvement
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4771574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26973803
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.468

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4771574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26973803
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.468

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