Review of 58 patients with necrotizing fasciitis in the Netherlands

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Van Stigt, Sander F L ^a   De Vries, Janneke ^a   Bijker, Jilles B ^b   Mollen, Roland M H G ^b   Hekma, Edo J ^c   Lemson, Susan M ^d   Tan, Edward C T H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GELDERSE VALLEI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d SLINGELAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ICU; LRINEC score; Necrotizing fasciitis; Outcome; Soft tissue infections; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969921205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13017-016-0080-7     Document Type: Article

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