Perioperative medicine & anaesthesia · UKMLA & AKT
Necrotising fasciitis
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- Necrotising fasciitis (NF) is a rapidly progressive, life-threatening soft tissue infection spreading along fascial planes. Mortality is 20-35%, rising sharply if surgery is delayed beyond 12-24 hours.
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