C Heiss

The Prevalence of Hospitalized Cases of Necrotizing Fasciitis: Anatomical Distribution, Amputations, and In-Hospital Mortality, 2019-2024.

BACKGROUND: Necrotizing fasciitis is a life-threatening soft-tissue infection that still carries an in-hospital mortality of 11-30% and an amputation rate of 7-22% despite modern treatment. Only limited population-based data have been available for Germany to date. METHODS: We ca...