Early Diagnosis And Prognosis Of Nekrotizing Fasciitis: A
Retrospective Analysis Of 34 Patients
MEHMET İHSAN OKUR, MUSTAFA ALPAGAN YILDIRIM, HARUN PERU, BİLSEV İNCE
- Year : 2017
- Vol : 33
- Issue : 2
- Page :
22-25
Present study was performed to determine the methods for early
diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis (NF), to indicate the importance of
the early surgery and its repetition when necessary, and to predict
the prognosis using laboratory tests. Study was performed with 34
patients who were diagnosed NF between 2005 and 2010. Prognosis
were retrospectively inspected in terms of the age, gender, etiology,
predisposing factors, laboratory findings, the application period,
the number of surgical debridement, infection location and culture
result of the patients. The most important etiological factors were
found to be surgical intervention and local soft tissue infection.
Among the predisposing factors of obesity and diabetes were found
to be the most common. All patients had laboratory risk indicator
for necrotizing fasciitis (LRINEC) score of 7 or above. The mean
LRINEC score was found to be 9.1. Abdominal, groin and perineum
were the common infection locations. Only 11 patients admitted to
the hospital, diagnosed and received treatment for NF within the first
48 hours after the first symptoms. The wound cultures were positive
in 26 patients. Most commonly grown microorganisms were E. coli
and K. pneumoniae. Four patients who died during treatment
were advanced age (mean 74.7), admitted late (5-10 days), had high
LRINEC scores (mean, 12) and chronic diseases (diabetes, obesity,
chronic lymphocytic leukemia). The patients who have high LRINEC
score, over the age of 65 and admitted in 5 days or more after the
first symptoms, were observed to have poor prognosis. Whenever a
patient is suspected to have NF, physical examination, laboratory
tests and invasive diagnostic procedures should be performed
immediately in order to have an early diagnosis.
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Early Diagnosis And Prognosis Of Nekrotizing Fasciitis: A
Retrospective Analysis Of 34 Patients
2017,
Vol.
33
(2)
Received : 17.03.2017,
Accepted : 17.03.2017,
Published Online : 13.08.2018
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