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Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (대한성형외과학회)
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A Case of Necrotizing Fasciitis of Lower Leg Following Mandible Angle Ostectomy

턱벼각 절골술 후 발생한 괴사근막염의 치험례

  • Lee, Won (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Bundang CHA General Hospital, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University) ;
  • Kang, Sang Yoon (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Bundang CHA General Hospital, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University) ;
  • Hong, Sung Kwan (2Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Bundang CHA General Hospital, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University) ;
  • Lee, Seung Ryong (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Bundang CHA General Hospital, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University) ;
  • Cho, Sang Hun (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Bundang CHA General Hospital, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University) ;
  • Han, Byung Kee (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Bundang CHA General Hospital, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University)
  • 이원 (포천중문의과대학교 분당차병원 성형외과학교실) ;
  • 강상윤 (포천중문의과대학교 분당차병원 성형외과학교실) ;
  • 홍성관 (포천중문의과대학교 분당차병원 감염내과학교실) ;
  • 이승룡 (포천중문의과대학교 분당차병원 성형외과학교실) ;
  • 조상헌 (포천중문의과대학교 분당차병원 성형외과학교실) ;
  • 한병기 (포천중문의과대학교 분당차병원 성형외과학교실)
  • Received : 2005.04.28
  • Published : 2005.09.10
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Abstract

Mandible angle ostectomy is the most widely-operated facial contour surgery. We experienced a rare case of necrotizing fasciitis of the lower leg following mandible angle ostectomy. A 20 years old female visited our department 5 days after mandible angle ostectomy. At the time, she was diagnosed as sepsis and on her 2nd admission day, she was diagnosed as necrotizing fasciitis on her left leg. She was treated by fasciotomy and necrotized tissue removal. Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare complication of any kinds of operation but once it develops, it causes fatal results, especially to cosmetic surgeries. Early diagnosis and aggressive operation is known as only treatment for the disease.

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