Intestinal Perforation by a Toothpick as Reason for Necrotizing Fasciitis

Necrotizing fasciitis is an uncommon but often fatal disease. Given the various causes of necrotizing fasciitis, we report a case of sigmoid colon perforation caused by a toothpick subsequently resulting in fulminant necrotizing fasciitis of the retroperitoneum and right thigh successfully treated b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Rupp, Markus, Knapp, Gero, Weisweiler, David, Heiss, Christian, Alt, Volker
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ivyspring International Publisher 2018
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Research Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6215990/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30416948
http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/jbji.29065
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Sumario:Necrotizing fasciitis is an uncommon but often fatal disease. Given the various causes of necrotizing fasciitis, we report a case of sigmoid colon perforation caused by a toothpick subsequently resulting in fulminant necrotizing fasciitis of the retroperitoneum and right thigh successfully treated by hemipelvectomy and Hartmann´s procedure.

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