Tropical Doctor > Volume 38, Number 2 > Pp. 76-78

This Article Figures Only Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Nwankwo, O. E. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Social Bookmarking                      What's this?

Articles

Causes of gas gangrene seen at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria

Okechukwu Emmanuel Nwankwo FMCS(Ortho) FICS   

Department of Surgery, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria

Correspondence to: Okechukwu Emmanuel Nwankwo, Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon, Department of Surgery, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria Email: nwankwooe{at}yahoo.com

Gas gangrene (clostridial myonecrosis) is rarely seen and this rarity, coupled with its dramatic presentation and often devastating outcome, makes each case of gas gangrene a spectacular and memorable experience. This study analyses the cases managed, the causes and outcome. Gunshot wounds, compounded by late presentation with its accompanying florid infections, were seen as the causes in 14 cases of gas gangrene seen at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu during the four-year study period from July 2000 to June 2004.

CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this?