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Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections: Management and its Outcome in a Tertiary Health Care Center: An Observational Study
Author(s): Ab. Hamid Wani, Satish Parihar, Javid Iqbal, Sourabh Katoch*, Sanjay Dhar and Nasib Chand Digra
Background: Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections (NSTIs) is a life-threatening condition encountered by surgeons with
high morbidity and mortality. It is a rapidly progressive disease and the overall mortality ranges between 25%-35%
even in the best centers.
Aim: To study epidemiology, management, and outcome of patients with NSTIs.
Methods: Fifty patients were included in this observational study, irrespective of age and gender, all patients were thoroughly
evaluated, investigated, resuscitated and debridement was done.
Results: Wound debridement was done in all patients,
diversion in the form of colostomy was done in 03 (6%) patients and skin grafting in 17 (34%) patients, healing by
secondary intention in 12 (24%) patients, delayed primary closure in 05 (10%) patients, local .. Read More»
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