Diagnosing Necrotizing Fasciitis

To the Editor: The suggestion that frozen-section biopsy be used for the early recognition of necrotizing fasciitis is interesting, but many questions are raised by the study of Stamenkovic and Lew (June 28 issue). 1 First of all, even though data are provided in Table 3 to assure us that the biopsi...

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 311; no. 15; pp. 989 - 990
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Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 11.10.1984
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Abstract To the Editor: The suggestion that frozen-section biopsy be used for the early recognition of necrotizing fasciitis is interesting, but many questions are raised by the study of Stamenkovic and Lew (June 28 issue). 1 First of all, even though data are provided in Table 3 to assure us that the biopsied and nonbiopsied patients were comparable, one of the most important comparative features — i.e., the appearance of the local process — is omitted. In 5 of the 14 biopsied patients, the biopsy was done because of a clinical suspicion of the diagnosis of necrotizing cellulitis, but we are not . . . No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.
AbstractList To the Editor: The suggestion that frozen-section biopsy be used for the early recognition of necrotizing fasciitis is interesting, but many questions are raised by the study of Stamenkovic and Lew (June 28 issue). 1 First of all, even though data are provided in Table 3 to assure us that the biopsied and nonbiopsied patients were comparable, one of the most important comparative features — i.e., the appearance of the local process — is omitted. In 5 of the 14 biopsied patients, the biopsy was done because of a clinical suspicion of the diagnosis of necrotizing cellulitis, but we are not . . . No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.
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