Factors affecting the mortality of necrotizing fasciitis involving the upper extremities

Surgery Today

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1108-1113

  Cheng, Nai Chen ^a   Su, Yu Min ^a   Kuo, Yuan Sung ^a   Tai, Hao Chih ^a   Tang, Yueh Bih ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mortality; Necrotizing fasciitis; Soft tissue infection; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARM SWELLING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TAIWAN; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 57049108284     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-008-3799-2     Document Type: Article

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