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ReviewChirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany)2024

[Necrotizing fasciitis].

Boris Jansen-Winkeln, Stefan Langer, Minh Hoang Do, Ines Gockel

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Review in Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Boris Jansen-WinkelnKlinik für Viszeral‑, Transplantations‑, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, AöR, Liebigstr. 20, 04103, Leipzig, Deutschland. boris.jansen-winkeln@medizin.uni-leipzig.de.
Stefan LangerKlinik für Orthopädie, Unfall- und Plastische Chirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, AöR, Leipzig, Deutschland.
Minh Hoang DoKlinik und Poliklinik für Urologie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, AöR, Leipzig, Deutschland.
Ines GockelKlinik für Viszeral‑, Transplantations‑, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, AöR, Liebigstr. 20, 04103, Leipzig, Deutschland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare but always life-threatening disease, which necessitates a rapid diagnosis and immediate treatment. It can occur on the extremities as well as on the trunk and the perineum. It spreads rapidly along the fascia leading to septic shock. The mortality rate under intensive care treatment is approximately 20%. The pathogen spectrum ranges from mixed bacterial infections to group A streptococci, clostridia and fungi. Clinically, the discrepancy between skin affection and systemic disease symptoms is remarkable. The diagnosis is primarily clinical and the key to successful treatment is rapid and radical surgical debridement combined with broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy under intensive patient monitoring.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsDebridementFasciitis, NecrotizingCombined Modality TherapyHumansShock, SepticAnti-Bacterial AgentsClindamycinDebridementFournier gangrenePiperacillin, tazobactam drug combinationStreptococcus group A

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