title: Successful treatment of early, postoperative, necrotizing infection of the abdominal wall.
abstract: Unique treatment of a necrotizing infection of the abdominal wall, using a temporary closure with polyvinyl, led to survival in a patient with a stab wound, who developed extensive abdominal myofascial necrosis. A large abdominal wall defect was repaired later with polypropylene mesh and a split-thickness autograft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Turner
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D009336:Necrosis; D011145:Polyvinyls; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000601:surgery*; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D011145:Polyvinyls