Abstract | OBJECTIVE: STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study and review of the literature. METHODS: Five patients with calciphylaxis treated at our institution were evaluated for mortality, surgical and perioperative complications, wound healing, and predictors of patient outcomes. RESULTS: Two patients died from sepsis and infectious complications of their calciphylaxis shortly after surgery. Of the three survivors, two later died (15 and 18 mo after surgery) from causes not directly related to calciphylaxis. The other long-term survivor required partial amputation of a leg for osteomyelitis. There was one operative complication-- wound infection requiring antibiotic therapy, drainage, and packing. Postoperative hypocalcemia required treatment in two patients. Immediate perioperative survival was more likely in patients with leukocyte counts less than 20,000 cells/mL. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | M D Kriskovich, J M Holman, J R Haller |
Journal | The Laryngoscope
(Laryngoscope)
Vol. 110
Issue 4
Pg. 603-7
(Apr 2000)
ISSN: 0023-852X [Print] United States |
PMID | 10764004
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
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Topics |
- Aged
- Amputation, Surgical
- Calciphylaxis
(diagnosis, mortality, pathology, surgery)
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Necrosis
- Parathyroidectomy
- Retrospective Studies
- Skin
(pathology)
- Survival Rate
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