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ReviewMusculoskeletal surgery2024

Necrotising fasciitis of the upper limb: a review of the literature.

L Hainsworth, A Vaughan, N Picardo, A T Gough

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Review in Musculoskeletal surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

L HainsworthMusgrove Park Hospital, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, Parkfield Drive, Taunton, TA1 5DA, UK. louishainsworth@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3845-0969
A Vaughan, Guildford, UK.
N Picardo, Reading, UK.
A T GoughMusgrove Park Hospital, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, Parkfield Drive, Taunton, TA1 5DA, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Necrotising fasciitis is an uncommon life-threatening surgical emergency. While most commonly seen in the lower limb it can also affect the upper limb. This article reviews and summarises the current literature on necrotising fasciitis in the upper limb, covering common predisposing factors, clinical presentations, scoring systems, common organism types and the timing of surgical treatment. The key to managing this condition continues to be early clinical diagnosis and aggressive surgical debridement to attempt to reduce the morbidity and mortality of this condition.

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DebridementFasciitis, NecrotizingUpper ExtremityAnti-Bacterial AgentsHumansRisk FactorsAnti-Bacterial AgentsInfectionSepsisSoft tissue

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