Necrotizing Fasciitis: Current Advances in Diagnosis and Multidisciplinary Management | Chapter 2 | Medical Science: Trends and Innovations Vol. 12

Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare but life-threatening disease, spreading rapidly through fascial planes and leading to severe tissue necrosis, sepsis, organ dysfunction or failure, and death. The mainstays of management that can modify outcome are the awareness for early detection and the prompt and simultaneous initiation of all aspects of treatment. The timely diagnosis relies on clinical findings, which can further be supplemented and supported by various diagnostic adjuncts; however, clinical suspicion remains superior to any lab test. Delayed diagnosis and treatment, pre-existing organ dysfunction, and concomitant illnesses contribute to poor outcomes. A multidisciplinary approach, involving aggressive surgical debridement, is essential.

 

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Avgoustou Constantinos
Surgical Department, General Hospital of Nea Ionia ‘‘Constantopoulion-Aghia Olga-Patission’’,13, Ploutarchou Str, 15344, Gerakas Attikis, Athens, Greece.

 

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Necrotizing Fasciitis as a Complication of Odontogenic Abscess | Chapter 13 | Highlights on Medicine and Medical Science Vol. 1

 Infections in the mouth can become serious and spread. Necrotizing fasciitis is an uncommon infection that affects primarily immunocompromised persons. It usually manifests as a significant complication of dental infections, impairing the patient's general health and even posing a life-threatening hazard. It is necessary to recognize the clinic quickly in order to identify it, as well as the use of imaging techniques to determine the extent of the affection caused by Necrotizing Fasciitis. Medical (wide range antibiotics and multidisciplinary therapy) as well as lengthy and vigorous surgery are used to treat necrotizing fasciitis. The importance of understanding Necrotizing Fasciitis will aid in bettering patient treatment, improving prognosis, acting quickly, and limiting the disease. As a result, it necessitates understanding as well as emergency management. The following essay goes over Odontogenic Necrotizing Fasciitis in great detail.

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Juárez-Rebollar Alejandra Giselle
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, National Medical Center “Siglo XXI” (IMSS), Mexico.

Juárez-Rebollar Daniel
Department of Neurosurgery, Regional Hospital Lic. Adolfo López Mateos, Mexico.

Juárez-Paredes Celso Marcelo
Department of Gerontology, Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), Mexico.

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