GAS GANGRENE FOLLOWING AN OPEN TIBIAL FRACTURE - A CASE REPORT

GAS GANGRENE FOLLOWING AN OPEN TIBIAL FRACTURE - A CASE REPORT

Gas gangrene is an invasive anaerobic infection, usually found in deep wounds with injury to large muscle masses that are contaminated with germs from the group of anaerobic clostridia. It is characterized by massive, acute progressive muscle necrosis and severe intoxication of the organism. The i...

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Main Authors: Ivan Golubović, Predrag Stojiljković, Zoran Golubović, Goran Stevanović, Aleksandar Višnjić, Milan Trenkić, Danilo Stojiljković, Stevo Najman, Dragan Mihailović, Igor Kostić, Miroslav Trajanović
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University in Nis, Faculty of Medicine 2012-06-01
Series:Acta Medica Medianae
Subjects:
open fracture of the tibia
the external skeletal fixation
gas gangrene
femoral amputation
Online Access:http://publisher.medfak.ni.ac.rs/2012-html/2-broj/Ivan%20Golubovic-%20Gas%20gangrene.pdf

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