Negative-pressure Wound Therapy for Periocular Necrotizing Fasciitis

Summary:. Periocular necrotizing fasciitis is a rare, but potentially blinding, or even fatal disease. The authors report a case of a 44-year-old man who presented with quiescent bilateral periocular and facial necrotizing fasciitis. The patient was treated with antibiotics and surgical debridement,...

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Main Authors: John W. Gillespie, III, MD, Jui K. Pandya, MD, Shilpa M. Agarwal, MD, Andrew A. Gassman, MD, Mark Krakauer, MD, MPhil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2018-12-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001921