Traumatic rectal perforation presenting as necrotising fasciitis of the lower limb

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Fu, W P ^a   Quah, Hak Mien ^a   Eu, K W ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Colonic irrigation complication; Intestinal perforation; Necrotising fasciitis; Rectal perforation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BUPRENORPHINE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; ENEMA; LAXATIVE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANKLE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; ANUS DISEASE; ANUS STRICTURE; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BLISTER; BUTTOCK; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLOSTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DEBRIDEMENT; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ERYTHEMA; FOLLOW UP; GAS GANGRENE; HUMAN; LEG; LEG SWELLING; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MUSCLE NECROSIS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM PERFORATION; RECTUM SURGERY; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROPERITONEAL DISEASE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

AGED; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; RECTAL DISEASES; SEPSIS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 70349275978     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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