Management of clostridial gas gangrene and the role of hyperbaric oxygen

Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-142

  Korhonen, K ^a   Klossner, J ^a   Hirn, M ^a   Niinikoski, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Gas gangrene; Hyperbaric oxygen; Necrotizing infections

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GAS GANGRENE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; GAS GANGRENE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033031336     PISSN: 03559521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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