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Peripheral gangrene associated with fulminating meningococcal septicaemia. Is early escharotomy indicated?
A R Fitton1, W A Dickson, G Shortland
1Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, UK.
Journal of Hand Surgery (Edinburgh, Scotland)
|June 1, 1997
Abstract:
We present a case of a 3-month-old boy presenting with fulminating meningococcal septicaemia associated with extensive peripheral gangrene requiring amputation of three limbs. The surgical management options and the role of early fasciotomy are discussed.