Vibrio vulnificus necrotizing fasciitis presenting with compartmental syndrome of the hand
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L K Hung1, A W Kinninmonth, M L Woo
1Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatic Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T.
Journal of Hand Surgery (Edinburgh, Scotland)
|August 1, 1988
Abstract:
Vibrio vulnificus necrotizing fasciitis is an unusual clinical problem. When it presented as a compartment syndrome, the picture was obscured. We report a rare case of such a presentation. A below-elbow amputation was performed and the patient recovered.