Necrotizing soft tissue infection of the chest wall

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 549-552

  Losanoff, J E ^a   Richman, B W ^a   Jones, J W ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Fasciitis, necrotizing, diagnosis; Fasciitis, necrotizing, surgery; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INFANT; LETHALITY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX WALL; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; THORACIC DISEASES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036696020     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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