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The impact of operative time on the outcomes of necrotizing soft tissue infections: a multicenter cohort study.

Femke NawijnMark van HeijlJort KeizerPaul J van KoperenFalco Hietbrink
Published in: BMC surgery (2022)
Prolonged initial surgery did not result in a higher mortality rate, possible because of a short duration of surgery in most studied patients. However, a prolonged operative time was associated with a prolonged ICU and hospital stay, regardless of the estimated TBSA affected, presence of sepsis prior to surgery and the ASA classification. As such, keeping operative times as limited as possible might be beneficial for NSTI patients.
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