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Extremity Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections AAOS Poster Board Number: P422 2005 Theodore Miclau, MD San Francisco CA (n) Christian Ogilvie, MD Merion Station PA (n) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This large series without treatment delays shows lower mortality than abdominal infections and demonstrates characteristic findings associated with mortality. Necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs) are potentially fatal...

Identifying and treating Necrotizing Fasciitis. AAOS Paper No: 033 Wednesday, March 22, 2006 Shaul Beyth, MD Jerusalem Israel (n) Allon E Moses, MD Jerusalem Israel (n) Meir Liebergall, MD Jerusalem Israel (n) Amos Peyser, MD Jerusalem Israel (n) Signs and symptoms of necrotizing faciitis are misleading resulting in delayed diagnosis therefore...

Infected ischemic diabetic foot: one more attempt to improve microcirculation V.T.Krivikhin, R.M.Parhimovich, D.V.Krivikhin, O.S.Troitskaja District hospital, Vidnoje, Moscow Region and Moscow Regional Res.Clinical Institute Surgical revascularization is often impossible in ischemic diabetic foot (DF) because of dis-tal form of occlusions and comorbidity. The medication to improve microcirculation often does not work. Besides, restricted...

Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infections Roger A. Fontes, Jr, MD, Christian M. Ogilvie, MD and Theodore Miclau, MD J Am Acad Orthop Surg, Vol 8, No 3, May/June 2000, 151-158. © 2000 Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare and often fatal soft-tissue infection involving the superficial fascial layers of the extremities, abdomen, or perineum....