Cervical necrotizing fasciitis: Our experience with 11 cases and our technique for surgical debridement

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 84-86

  Bakshi, Jaimanti ^a   Virk, Ramandeep S ^a   Jain, Ajay ^a   Verma, Mayuresh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; OLIGURIA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERICARDITIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TOOTH INFECTION; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOTOMY; WOUND CARE;

EID: 77649205074     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556131008900211     Document Type: Article

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