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ArticleCureus2024

Fracture-Related Infection of the Lower Limb Caused by Mucor velutinosus: Amputation or Salvation?

Alexander Eijkenboom, Matthias Militz, Maurizio Papetti, Veit Krenn, Simon Hackl

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Article in Cureus, 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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2 · The registry

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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

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Alexander EijkenboomDepartment of Septic and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Unfallklinik Murnau, Murnau am Staffelsee, DEU.
Matthias MilitzDepartment of Septic and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Unfallklinik Murnau, Murnau am Staffelsee, DEU.
Maurizio PapettiDepartment of Septic and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Unfallklinik Murnau, Murnau am Staffelsee, DEU.
Veit KrennDepartment of Pathology, MVZ Institute of Pathology, Trier, DEU.
Simon HacklDepartment of Septic and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Unfallklinik Murnau, Murnau am Staffelsee, DEU.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fracture-related infections caused by mucormycosis are rare and potentially fatal. Evidence-based experience with its treatment is limited, and surgical management ranges from limb salvage to amputation, with indications not always clear. A 56-year-old woman was admitted after an aircraft accident, sustaining major trauma injuries, including a Gustilo-Anderson type III open ankle joint fracture. Initial damage control surgery with external fixation ensued, followed by secondary, definitive internal fixation with plate and screws. The patient developed a fracture-related infection in the ankle caused by

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amphotericin bankle arthrodesisfracture-related infectionfungal infectionmucor velutinosus

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PMID39221344
PMCPMC11366400

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