Necrotizing fasciitis of the extremities: 34 cases at a single centre over the past 5 years

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1515-1522

  Ryssel, Henning ^a   Germann, Günter ^a   Kloeters, Oliver ^a   Radu, Christian Andreas ^a   Reichenberger, Matthias ^a   Gazyakan, Emre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burn center; Critical care issues; Extremities; ICU; Necrotizing fasciitis; Soft tissue infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COMORBIDITY; EXTREMITIES; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79954443424     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: 14343916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-010-1101-8     Document Type: Article

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