Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Necrotizingfasciitisis a rare infection of the skin and deepsubcutaneous tissues rapidlyprogressing to necrosis. It is a medico-surgical emergency whose management charge ismultidisciplinary, itis life-threateningwith a mortality rate rangingfrom 20 to 30%. Weconducted a retrospectivestudyincluding 20 patients in whom the diagnosis of necrotizingfasciitiswasretained. The purpose of thisstudyis to detailourtherapeuticexperienceduringthisperiod in the management of necrotizingfasciitis and comparisonwithliterature data. All our patients received emergency medical and surgicaltreatment. Directedhealingwascarried out in 100% of our patients, simple in 95% and with VAC negative pressure therapyin 5% of cases with an average duration hospitalization of 15 days (rangingfrom 3 to 60 days) leading to completehealingin 10%, the remaining 90% provided skin graftcoverage. 95% of our patients weresatisfiedwith the result. 100% of our patients weretranslated post- surgerywith a physiotherapist for preventiverehabilitation of sequelaeretractable.
Institution: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Mohammed VI
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4408583120