A Quality Improvement Project to Improve the Pathway and Outcomes for Patients with Necrotising Fasciitis.

Background: Necrotising fasciitis (NF) is a life-threatening illness that requires a multidisciplinary approach between surgeons in multiple specialties, intensivists, and microbiologists. Serial debridements and change of dressings are required prior to reconstruction. The aim of this study was to review the workload and streamline services in a tertiary centre for regional and internal referrals by formalizing an NF pathway agreed upon by all multidisciplinary team stakeholders and securing adequate resources for these complex patients.

A Quality Improvement Project to Improve the Pathway and Outcomes for Patients with Necrotising Fasciitis.

Background: Necrotising fasciitis (NF) is a life-threatening illness that requires a multidisciplinary approach between surgeons in multiple specialties, intensivists, and microbiologists. Serial debridements and change of dressings are required prior to reconstruction. The aim of this study was to review the workload and streamline services in a tertiary centre for regional and internal referrals by formalizing an NF pathway agreed upon by all multidisciplinary team stakeholders and securing adequate resources for these complex patients.

The effect of a light finger touch on the signal complexity during quiet standing.

The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of additional tactile information (light fingertip touch) on the postural sway and regularity of center-of-pressure (COP) fluctuations. Thirty-two young, healthy participants performed a quiet standing task (30 s) on a force platform with and without light fingertip touch. COP time-series were analyzed using standard postural sway measures (range, root mean square error, velocity), COP regularity was measured with Sample entropy.

Systematic Review of Free Tissue Transfer Used in Pediatric Lower Extremity Injuries.

To analyze the recent literature regarding the different types of free tissue transfer used in pediatric lower-limb trauma, trends, flap success rates, and the anatomical location of reconstruction. A search was conducted involving the MEDLINE database using the key words "Paediatric," "Pediatric," "Children," "Lower limb," "Lower extremity," "Leg," "Ankle," "Foot," "Free flap," "Flap," "Microsurgery," and "Free tissue transfer" in a 3-component search applying the Boolean operators "OR" and "AND." The search was condensed to articles published in the last 5 years.