Necrotizing Skin and Soft Tissue Infection after Gluteal Augmentation in a Perioperatively Asymptomatic COVID-19 Patient—Complications of the Post-Lockdown Era? A Case Report
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Case Report
3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Stojičić, M.; Jurišić, M.; Marinković, M.; Jovanović, M.; Igić, A.; Nikolić Živanović, M. Necrotizing Skin and Soft Tissue Infection after Gluteal Augmentation in a Perioperatively Asymptomatic COVID-19 Patient—Complications of the Post-Lockdown Era? A Case Report. Medicina 2023, 59, 914. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina59050914
Stojičić M, Jurišić M, Marinković M, Jovanović M, Igić A, Nikolić Živanović M. Necrotizing Skin and Soft Tissue Infection after Gluteal Augmentation in a Perioperatively Asymptomatic COVID-19 Patient—Complications of the Post-Lockdown Era? A Case Report. Medicina. 2023; 59(5):914. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina59050914
Chicago/Turabian StyleStojičić, Milan, Milana Jurišić, Milana Marinković, Milan Jovanović, Aleksa Igić, and Maja Nikolić Živanović. 2023. "Necrotizing Skin and Soft Tissue Infection after Gluteal Augmentation in a Perioperatively Asymptomatic COVID-19 Patient—Complications of the Post-Lockdown Era? A Case Report" Medicina 59, no. 5: 914. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina59050914