Necrotising Fasciitis of Head and Neck in Infants

Necrotising fasciitis (NF) is a rapidly progressing soft tissue infection having high risk of morbidity and mortality. Though it is a common condition encounter in surgical practice for adults, it’s incidence in children are very low. In children also abdomen is the most common site for NF. It’s inv...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sahoo, Anjan kumar, Singh, Ishwar, Dhakal, Sunita, Gopal, Ashish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer India 2020
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9702039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36452758
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12070-020-01992-w
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Sumario:Necrotising fasciitis (NF) is a rapidly progressing soft tissue infection having high risk of morbidity and mortality. Though it is a common condition encounter in surgical practice for adults, it’s incidence in children are very low. In children also abdomen is the most common site for NF. It’s involvement in head and neck is extremely rare. Here we discuss the clinical features and management of three cases of NFs in head and neck region of infants and also look for the etiology, clinical presentation and management for same.

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