Surgery

General surgery

Fasciitis

Medicine

Dermatology

Intensive care medicine

Life and Medical Sciences

The aim of this study is to evaluate experiences about diagnosis, follow-up, and treatment of necrotizing fasciitis (NF) patients who admitted to our hospital.The records of patients who had a diagnosis of NF that referred to our hospital between 01.01.2017 and 01.01.2020 were retrospectively analyzed.Patients' demographic feature, additional disease, number of operations, length of hospital stays, and responses for treatment was evaluated.All of 20 patients with NF were followed up and treated at our hospital.We found 15 (75%) of the patients were male and 5 (25%) were female.The mean age of the patients was 53 (min: 28 -max: 80).While nine (45%) of patients had diabetes mellitus.Concerning the site of infection, 13 (65%) patients had abdominal wall -(NF of the anterior, lateral, and posterior regions), the four (20%) patients of NF involved the chest wall-(NF of the anterior and posterior regions), three (15%) patients' perianal region with Fournier's gangrene (secondary to NF).In 75%of patients received do...

Assessment of Adult Patients with a Diagnosis of Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Three-Year Experience