“The abdomen was left open to allow for additional debridements and washouts of necrotizing fasciitis of the abdominal wall.”
“Despite 77 courses of antibiotics, these 12 patients required an additional 17 surgical debridements to rid the pelvis of the bone sequestrum.”
“The majority of debridements occurred in the operating room because removal of dead bone required extensive resection of the ilium, sacrum, or trochanter.”