CERVICAL NECROTIZING FASCIITIS WITH PHARYNGEAL PERFORATION - TREATMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION

Authors
YII NW QUINN SJ ANDERSSON LC NIRANJAN NS KENYON GS
Citation
Nw. Yii et al., CERVICAL NECROTIZING FASCIITIS WITH PHARYNGEAL PERFORATION - TREATMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION, British Journal of Plastic Surgery, 49(4), 1996, pp. 237-241
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
British Journal of Plastic Surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00071226
Volume
49
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
237 - 241
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1226(1996)49:4<237:CNFWPP>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We present a case of life-threatening necrotising fasciitis of the nec k with acute pharyngeal perforation following a parapharyngeal abscess caused by tonsillitis, The joint occurrence of cervical necrotising f asciitis and acute pharyngeal perforation has not been previously repo rted. A new way of reconstructing the pharyngeal defect using an islan ded submental perforator flap is presented.