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Extremity amputations in meningococcemia-induced purpura fulminans
M C Genoff1, M M Hoffer, B Achauer
1Department of Orthopedics, University of California, Irvine.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|May 1, 1992
Abstract:
Six children with meningococcemia-induced purpura fulminans were followed. Five of the six required amputations of 14 limb segments. Eight of these amputations required revisions to higher levels.