Abstract:
A case of synergistic necrotizing gangrenous fasciitis after spinal surgery is reported. To describe this unusual complication, explain the rationale of treatment, and increase awareness of this serious postoperative complication. Although several cases of postoperative synergistic necrotizing fasciitis have been reported, there are no previously reported cases of this condition after spinal surgery. A rapidly progressive necrotizing spinal wound infection after fusion for degenerative disc disease was treated in a 39-year-old man.
Kauffman, Bono, Vessa, Swan, , , , , (2000). Postoperative synergistic gangrene after spinal fusion. Spine, 2000 Jul;25(13):1729-32. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10870152