Acute near-fatal necrotising fasciitis complicating a primary total hip replacement

H. Sharma; M. P. Kelly

doi:10.1302/0301-620X.89B7.19095

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Acute near-fatal necrotising fasciitis complicating a primary total hip replacement

H. Sharma
M. P. Kelly

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Acute near-fatal necrotising fasciitis complicating a primary total hip replacement

Sharma H, Kelly MP. Acute near-fatal necrotising fasciitis complicating a primary total hip replacement. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2007;89-B(7):959-960. doi:10.1302/0301-620X.89B7.19095

Sharma, H., and M. P. Kelly. “Acute near-fatal necrotising fasciitis complicating a primary total hip replacement.” The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume, vol. 89-B, no. 7, 2007, pp. 959-960., https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.89B7.19095

Sharma, H., & Kelly, M. P. (2007). Acute near-fatal necrotising fasciitis complicating a primary total hip replacement. The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume, 89-B(7), 959-960. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.89B7.19095

Sharma, H. and Kelly, M. P. (2007) “Acute near-fatal necrotising fasciitis complicating a primary total hip replacement.” The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume, 89-B(7), pp. 959-960. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.89B7.19095

Sharma, H., and M. P. Kelly. “Acute near-fatal necrotising fasciitis complicating a primary total hip replacement.” The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume 89-B, no. 7 (2007): 959-960. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.89B7.19095

Sharma H, Kelly MP. Acute near-fatal necrotising fasciitis complicating a primary total hip replacement. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2007 Jul 1;89-B(7):959-960. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.89B7.19095

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Abstract

Necrotising fasciitis is a rapidly spreading, life-threatening condition. We report a case of necrotising fasciitis in a 71-year-old woman after a primary total hip replacement which became deeply infected as a result.

Correspondence should be sent to Mr H. Sharma at 44 Abercorn Road, Newton Mearns, Glasgow G77 6NA, UK; e-mail: hksharma1@aol.com

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