Successful treatment of wound breakdown caused by pyoderma gangrenosum after total knee arthroplasty

Knee

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 453-455

  Nakajima, N ^a   Ikeuchi, M ^a   Izumi, M ^a   Kuriyama, M ^a   Nakajima, H ^a   Tani, T ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Latissimus dorsi flap; Pyoderma gangrenosum; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFAZOLIN; CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SKIN BIOPSY; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CYCLOSPORINE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KNEE JOINT; PREDNISOLONE; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82455216765     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: 18735800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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