Should we perform surgical debridement in calciphylaxis?

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 554-555

  Bechara, Falk G ^a   Altmeyer, Peter ^a   Kreuter, Alexander ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID; LEG ULCER; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; CALCIPHYLAXIS; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LEG; MALE; NECROSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 62449161758     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01091.x     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

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2. Martin R. Mysterious calciphylaxis: wounds with eschar - to debride or not to debride? Ostomy Wound Manage 2004 50 : 64 6.