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Smolle-Jüttner, FM; Pinter, H; Neuhold, KH; Feierl, G; Sixl, T; Ratzenhofer, B; Kovac, H; Friehs, G.
Hyperbaric surgery and oxygen therapy in clostridial myonecrosis
Wien Klin Wochenschr. 1995; 107(23):739-741
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- Leading authors Med Uni Graz
- Smolle-Juettner Freyja-Maria
- Co-authors Med Uni Graz
- Feierl Gebhard
- Pinter Hans
- Ratzenhofer-Komenda Beatrice
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- Abstract:
- 116 patients with verified clostridial myonecrosis were treated by means of a regimen of combined cyclic hyperbaric oxygenation at 3 ata and repeated necrectomy. With proximal localization of gas gangrene in the elbow or knee (n = 55) 34.5% of patients survived, whilst with peripheral localization at the limbs (n = 44) the survival rate was 88.6% amputation being avoided in 21 of these cases. Abdominal localization (n = 17) was associated with the lowest survival rate (23.5%). In spite of severe clostridial toxicity in 80.1% of patients at the time of admission, the overall mortality was 50.8%.
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- Adolescent -
- Adult -
- Aged -
- Aged, 80 and over -
- Amputation -
- Female -
- Gas Gangrene - mortality
- Humans - mortality
- Hyperbaric Oxygenation - mortality
- Male - mortality
- Middle Aged - mortality
- Muscle, Skeletal - pathology
- Necrosis - pathology
- Reoperation - pathology
- Survival Rate - pathology
- Treatment Outcome - pathology
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- Hyperbaric Oxygenation
- Gas Gangrene
- Clostridial Myonecrosis
- Surgery