AI Article Synopsis

  • - Necrotizing fasciitis is a serious and often deadly infection that usually involves multiple types of bacteria, needing flexible and complex treatment, particularly when it occurs on the face, which is less common but very severe.
  • - A case study describes a patient with various health issues who developed rapid facial necrosis after nasal trauma, leading to critical health decline and complicated treatment, involving multiple surgeries from different specialists.
  • - Early recognition and a collaborative approach are crucial for managing facial necrotizing fasciitis effectively, aiming to save lives and reduce lasting physical and cosmetic damage.

Article Abstract

(1) Background: Necrotizing fasciitis is known as a severe condition with a high risk of mortality, placing it among the most feared infections. In most cases, it has a polymicrobial etiology (type 1), requiring complex treatment that is continuously adapted to the evolving microbiological status. The facial localization of the disease is rare, fulminant progressing, and is often life-threatening. (2) Methods: We present the case of a patient with multiple comorbidities who, following trauma to the nasal dorsum, developed a wound with a rapid and severe progression to extensive bilateral periorbital necrosis. This was accompanied by a dramatic deterioration in their general condition, a polymicrobial biological status, and fluctuating progression despite instituted treatment (both medical and surgical). (3) Results: The patient required multiple surgical interventions by multidisciplinary teams (plastic surgery; ear, nose, and throat specialist (ENT); maxillofacial surgery; and ophthalmology), experiencing periods of a severe, life-threatening general condition, necessitating prolonged orotracheal intubation. Wounds with fluctuating progression, extensive skin necrosis, and significant post-excisional soft tissue defects required skin graft coverage. The result meant a saved life and functional and aesthetic sequelae at the level of the face. (4) Conclusions: Necrotizing fasciitis of the face is a rare and severe disease that must be recognized early and treated appropriately by a multidisciplinary team to save the patient's life and minimize the resulting functional and aesthetic sequelae.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11587011PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/idr16060084DOI Listing

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