Postoperative necrotizing fasciitis of the thorax in cardiac surgery

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 250-254

  Filho, José Dario Frota ^a,b   Drews, Carlos ^a   Leães, Paulo ^a   Blacher, Celso ^a   Tostes, Francisco ^a   Delatorre, Nilton ^a   Vieira, Mariana ^a   Lúcio, Eraldo ^a   Pereira, Wagner ^a   Sales, Morcela ^a   Lobo, Roberto ^a   Stuermer, Ralf ^a   Tanaka, Nicasio ^a   Portugal, Luis ^a   Lucchese, Fernando ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SÃO FRANCISCO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; METHODOLOGY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; DEBRIDEMENT; DRAINAGE; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

EID: 84862716698     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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