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Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection of the Forearms in a Patient Using Intravenous Heroin: Case Report of Advanced Wound Management Improving Dressing Tolerance and Expediting Skin Graft

01/03/2022

Kathy Gallagher, DNP, APRN-FNP, CWS, WCC, FACCWS

Harsh Kamlesh Desai, MD

Emily C. Alberto, MD

Luis Cardenas, DO, PhD

A positive outcome in a necrotizing soft tissue infection after consultation with wound specialists.

A positive outcome in a...

01/03/2022

Wound Management & Prevention

Necrotizing Fasciitis of Forearms in Intravenous Heroin User: Case Report of Advanced Wound Management Improving Dressing Tolerance and Expediting Skin Graft

Intravenous (IV) and “Skin-popping” are methods of injecting illicit drugs that have numerous complications due to subcutaneous deposits or pierced vessels becoming infected and progressi...

01/28/2021

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