Necrotizing fasciitis: A surgical emergency

Updates in Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 83-87

  De Tullio, Damiano ^a   Rossi, Camilla ^a   Bolzon, Stefano ^a   Scagliarini, Lucia ^a   Occhionorelli, Savino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Debridement; Infection; Necrotizing fasciitis; Negative pressure wound therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS;

EID: 79953242427     PISSN: 2038131X     EISSN: 20383312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13304-010-0019-6     Document Type: Review

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