Necrotising fasciitis of the thigh secondary to a perforated rectal cancer

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Highton, L ^a   Clover, J ^a   Critchley, P ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Necrotising fasciitis; Perforation; Posterior thigh; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOSTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM CANCER; THIGH; X RAY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THIGH;

EID: 58349113210     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.08.031     Document Type: Article

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