Journals / Eklem Hastalıkları ve Cerrahisi Dergisi (Eski Adı: Artroplasti Artroskopik Cerrahi Derg.) / 2006 / Cilt: 17 - Sayı: 2

Necrotising fasciitis following closed femoral diaphyseal fracture in a child

Bir çocukta femur diyafiz kapalı kırığı sonrası gelişen nekrotizan fassiitis

Pages
105–109
Publication Date
2022-10-18
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Four months postoperatively, pin track infection and loosening were detected, the fixator was removed and intramedullary fixation was performed with two titanium elastic nails, after which union was achieved.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Necrotising fasciitis is a rare infectious process that progresses rapidly especially in fascial and subcutaneous tissues.
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Key Findings & Data:A 13-year-old boy with cerebral palsy developed closed femoral diaphyseal fracture due to a fall.
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Conclusion & Impact:Four months postoperatively, pin track infection and loosening were detected, the fixator was removed and intramedullary fixation was performed with two titanium elastic nails, after which union was achieved.
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Abstract

Necrotising fasciitis is a rare infectious process that progresses rapidly especially in fascial and subcutaneous tissues. A 13-year-old boy with cerebral palsy developed closed femoral diaphyseal fracture due to a fall. He was hospitalized for surgery. On the seventh day of admission, he developed many bullous lesions and dark isolated skin lesions in the anterior and lateral thigh, accompanied by fever, sensitivity in the thigh, edema, disturbed respiration, and acute abdomen. With an initial diagnosis of necrotising fasciitis, he underwent surgical exploration of the abdomen, which showed only serous collections and a distended abdomen. The lesion area in the thigh was incised and extensive fascial necrosis and occasional muscular necrosis were observed in the quadriceps fascia. A wide radical fasciectomy, debridement and irrigation were performed. Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from the surgical specimens. After the patient resumed a stable condition, the diaphyseal fracture was fixed with an external fixator. Four months postoperatively, pin track infection and loosening were detected, the fixator was removed and intramedullary fixation was performed with two titanium elastic nails, after which union was achieved.

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Nekrotizan fassiitis, nadir görülen ve öncelikli olarak fasya ve ciltaltı dokularda hızlı ilerleyen enfeksiyöz bir süreçtir. On üç yaşında serebral palsili erkek çocukta düşme sonrasında gelişen kapalı femur diyafiz kırığı için ameliyat planlandı. Ancak, hastanın yatışının yedinci gününde uyluk önünde ve yan kısımında çok sayıda bül ve koyu renkli adacıklar halinde cilt lezyonları; ateş, uylukta hassasiyet, ödem, solunum bozukluğu ve akut batın tablosu gelişti. Nekrotizan fassiitis düşünülen hastaya batın eksplorasyonu yapıldı; ancak, serözite ve bağırsaklarda distansiyon dışında bulguya rastlanmadı. Uyluktaki lezyon bölgesinden insizyon uygulandı. Tüm kuadriseps fasyasında yaygın nekroz ve yer yer kas nekrozları gözlendi. Geniş bir alanda radikal fasyektomi, debridman ve irigasyon uygulandı. Ameliyat sırası nda alınan materyalden Staphylococcus aureus üredi. Hastanın genel durumunun stabil hale gelmesinden sonra kırık eksternal fiksatörle tespit edildi. Dört ay sonra çivi dibi enfeksiyonu ve çivilerde gevşeme saptandı. Fiksatör çıkartılarak iki adet titanyum esnek çivisi ile intramedüller fiksasyondan sonra kırık kaynaması sağlandı.

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GÜRDAL, Ö. S., SAYIN, B. E., KAYIRAN, E., GÜL, M., KILIÇ, A. (2022). Necrotising fasciitis following closed femoral diaphyseal fracture in a child. Eklem Hastalıkları ve Cerrahisi Dergisi (Eski Adı: Artroplasti Artroskopik Cerrahi Derg.), Cilt: 17 - Sayı: 2, 105–109. https://ajindex.com/articles/498825

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