Necrotizing fasciitis after ambulatory phlebectomy performed with use of tumescent anesthesia

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 263-265

  Hubmer, Martin G ^a,b   Koch, Horst ^a,b   Haas, Franz M ^a,b   Horn, Michael ^a,b   Sankin, Oliver ^a,b   Scharnagl, Erwin ^a,b  

^a Karl Franzens University Hospital ^*

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; BICARBONATE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIDOCAINE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POVIDONE IODINE; RINGER SOLUTION; TRIAMCINOLONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM; DEBRIDEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; GANGRENE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INFECTION RATE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE FLAP; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHLEBECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VARICOSIS; VEIN STRIPPING;

EID: 0346334384     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2003.07.014     Document Type: Article

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