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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Autores principales: Rupp, Markus, Knapp, Gero, Weisweiler, David, Heiss, Christian, Alt, Volker
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ivyspring International Publisher 2018
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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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author Rupp, Markus
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description 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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spelling pubmed-62159902018-11-11 Intestinal Perforation by a Toothpick as Reason for Necrotizing Fasciitis Rupp, Markus Knapp, Gero Weisweiler, David Heiss, Christian Alt, Volker J Bone Jt Infect Research Paper 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. Ivyspring International Publisher 2018-10-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6215990/ /pubmed/30416948 http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/jbji.29065 Text en © Ivyspring International Publisher This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY-NC) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). See http://ivyspring.com/terms for full terms and conditions.
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