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A Case Report of Rapidly Necrotizing Fasciitis Post-Falling Down Treated Reconstructively

Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a necrotizing soft tissue infection that can result in fast tissue loss, necrosis, and potentially fatal acute sepsis. Diabetes, cancer, alcohol abuse, and chronic liver and renal disease are all risk factors for NF. In this case report, a 19-year-old man with a negativ...

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Autores principales: Zeaiter, Nancy, Maassarani, Deoda, Ghanime, George, Sleiman, Ziad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9476833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36120191
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28055
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description Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a necrotizing soft tissue infection that can result in fast tissue loss, necrosis, and potentially fatal acute sepsis. Diabetes, cancer, alcohol abuse, and chronic liver and renal disease are all risk factors for NF. In this case report, a 19-year-old man with a negative past medical and surgical history was diagnosed with aggressive rapidly progressive necrotizing fasciitis of the left lower extremity after a recent history of falling down from a skateboard. A successful treatment with long-term debridement surgeries followed by reconstructive surgery with skin grafting was made. Although the severity of this condition, the patient was able to resume a normal range of motion of the concerned extremity. NF has been described in the literature, but early diagnosis, which is crucial for successful management, rests a challenge.
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spelling pubmed-94768332022-09-16 A Case Report of Rapidly Necrotizing Fasciitis Post-Falling Down Treated Reconstructively Zeaiter, Nancy Maassarani, Deoda Ghanime, George Sleiman, Ziad Cureus Plastic Surgery Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a necrotizing soft tissue infection that can result in fast tissue loss, necrosis, and potentially fatal acute sepsis. Diabetes, cancer, alcohol abuse, and chronic liver and renal disease are all risk factors for NF. In this case report, a 19-year-old man with a negative past medical and surgical history was diagnosed with aggressive rapidly progressive necrotizing fasciitis of the left lower extremity after a recent history of falling down from a skateboard. A successful treatment with long-term debridement surgeries followed by reconstructive surgery with skin grafting was made. Although the severity of this condition, the patient was able to resume a normal range of motion of the concerned extremity. NF has been described in the literature, but early diagnosis, which is crucial for successful management, rests a challenge. Cureus 2022-08-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9476833/ /pubmed/36120191 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28055 Text en Copyright © 2022, Zeaiter et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title A Case Report of Rapidly Necrotizing Fasciitis Post-Falling Down Treated Reconstructively
title_full A Case Report of Rapidly Necrotizing Fasciitis Post-Falling Down Treated Reconstructively
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title_short A Case Report of Rapidly Necrotizing Fasciitis Post-Falling Down Treated Reconstructively
title_sort case report of rapidly necrotizing fasciitis post-falling down treated reconstructively
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