The development of surgical risk score and evaluation of necrotizing soft tissue infection in 161 Naja atra envenomed patients.

• Main Authors: Chih-Sheng Lai (Author), Po-Yu Liu (Author), Chi-Hsin Lee (Author), Cheng-Hsuan Ho (Author), Wei-Ling Chen (Author), Kuo-Lung Lai (Author), Hung-Yuan Su (Author), Wen-Loung Lin (Author), Kuo-Chen Chung (Author), Yi-Yuan Yang (Author), Chung-Wei You (Author), Kuang-Ting Chen (Author), Yan-Chiao Mao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Naja atra bites cause wound necrosis, secondary infection, and necrotizing soft tissue infection (NSTI) requiring repetitive surgeries. Little information is known about the predictors for surgery after these bites.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>We retrospec...