MELENEY’S GANGRENE: REPORT OF A CASE AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE.
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meleney’s gangrene, debridement, antibiotics
Abstract
Meleney’s gangrene is one of the group of conditions that are classified and discussed as “necrotising soft tissue infections”. Here we report about a 67 year old female, known diabetic, who came with features suggestive of Meleney’s gangrene. Extensive debridement was done, empirical iv antibiotics and Low Molecular weight Heparin were given and the patient was cured
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Dr. B. Sankararaman
Department of General Surgery, Vinayaka Mission's Medical College and Hospital, VMRF-DU, Karaikal, India
Dr. Nilak Shantanurao
Senior resident, Department of General Surgery, Vinayaka Mission's Medical College and Hospital, VMRF-DU, Karaikal, India
Dr. T. Ranjithkumar
Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, Vinayaka Mission's Medical College and Hospital, VMRF-DU, Karaikal, India