Clostridial myonecrosis of the abdominal wall

K, Eng; Casson, Phillip R.; Berman, Irwin R.; Slattery, Louis R.

doi:10.1016/0002-9610(73)90064-0

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“…Subsequently, other authors described the successful closure of massive, con¬ taminated abdominal-wall defects by using polypropylene mesh. 1,4,6,7,13,16,17 They uniformly described healing of the wound and granulation in the face of gross contamination and the presence of a foreign body. Unfortunately, they also described frequent, long-term complications of its use under contaminated conditions-chronic infection and mesh erosion into the bowel or through skin grafts.…”

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