Necrotizing fasciitis following laparoscopic surgery: Case report and review of the literature

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 751-754

  Golshani, S ^a   Simons, A J ^a   Der, R ^a   Ortega, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Infection; Laparoscopy; Necrotizing fasciitis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; CASE REPORT; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LAPAROSCOPE; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION; UTERUS CANCER; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; FASCIA; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; LAPAROSCOPES; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030188727     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00193050     Document Type: Review

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