Predicting limb amputation in trauma-related necrotizing fasciitis of the extremities: insights from a 10-year cohort
Shuo Yang, Zhihao Ren, Yiran Li, Zihang Zhao, Changsheng Sun, Lin Liu, Lin Jin, Zhiyong Hou · 2026
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Description
Shuo Yang and a team of co-authors hunt for warning signs that trauma-related flesh-eating infection will cost a limb. Their study appeared in twenty twenty-six. Necrotizing fasciitis races through soft tissue, and amputation is its bleakest outcome short of death.
Ten years of records at a Hebei hospital covered one hundred thirty-four patients. Twenty-two, about one in six, lost a limb. Amputees arrived far later, a median of two hundred forty-two hours against sixty-five. They more often had multiple injuries and diabetes. A blood enzyme, lactate dehydrogenase, was triple the level in others and predicted amputation superbly. Delay itself predicted well too. The authors urge faster arrival and enzyme checks at the door.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Shuo Yang, Zhihao Ren, Yiran Li, Zihang Zhao, Changsheng Sun, Lin Liu, Lin Jin, Zhiyong Hou |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |