## Abstract ## Background Necrotizing fasciitis of the head and neck is a rapidly progressing and life‐threatening condition. The purpose of this study was to describe the patients with a focus on clinical presentation, microbiology, treatment, and prognosis. ## Patients and Results Seventeen pa
Necrotizing fasciitis of the head and neck: 34 cases of a single institution experience
✍ Scribed by Boštjan Lanišnik; Bogdan Čizmarevič
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 369 KB
- Volume
- 267
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0302-9530
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## Abstract ## Background Necrotizing fasciitis is a disfiguring condition that can be fatal. The head and neck region is rarely affected. However, when involved, the functional and cosmetic sequelae can be considerable. ## Materials and Methods We present two case histories, discuss salient dia