Pyoderma gangrenosum: A report of a rare complication after knee arthroplasty requiring muscle flap cover supplemented by negative pressure therapy and hyperbaric oxygen

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1528-1532

  Hill, D S ^a   O'Neill, J K ^a   Toms, A ^a   Watts, A M ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Gangrenosum; Knee; Pathergy; Pyoderma

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MUSCLE FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; RARE DISEASE; SKIN ULCER; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 80054719149     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2011.03.024     Document Type: Article

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