Port site necrotising fasciitis following laparoscopic appendicectomy
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Gargeshwari Krishnamurthy Guru Raghavendra; Michael Carr; Sarah Mills
- Source
- Case Reports. 2010:bcr1020092375-bcr1020092375
- Subject
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Fatal outcome
business.industry
General surgery
Port site
Necrotising fasciitis
General Medicine
Fascia
Appendicitis
medicine.disease
Article
Surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Laparoscopic appendicectomy
Young Adult
medicine.anatomical_structure
medicine
Appendectomy
Humans
Surgical Wound Infection
Laparoscopy
Fasciitis, Necrotizing
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1757-790X
Necrotising fasciitis is a fast-spreading infection affecting the fascia and, with continued spread, causes secondary necrosis of the skin. A case has been previously described in association with laparoscopic appendicectomy but with a fatal outcome. We report a similar but successfully managed case and review the literature.