Case Report: Eyelid reconstruction using intact fish skin xenograft following periorbital necrotizing fasciitis
Periorbital necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a rare, vision-threatening soft tissue infection that requires rapid antimicrobial treatments to minimize devastating soft tissue destruction, and debridement of affected tissue results in extensive defects requiring various techniques of reconstruction. We...
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| description | Periorbital necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a rare, vision-threatening soft tissue infection that requires rapid antimicrobial treatments to minimize devastating soft tissue destruction, and debridement of affected tissue results in extensive defects requiring various techniques of reconstruction. We herein describe a case of a 58-year-old male with periorbital NF who underwent eyelid repair with intact fish skin grafts. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of fish skin grafts being used in eyelid wound management after periorbital NF. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-57b0b0d17b4e4cbbbb75c235c0833e772025-08-20T01:55:34ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Ophthalmology2674-08262025-05-01510.3389/fopht.2025.15897711589771Case Report: Eyelid reconstruction using intact fish skin xenograft following periorbital necrotizing fasciitisMolly ShottDiane WangJohn NguyenPeriorbital necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a rare, vision-threatening soft tissue infection that requires rapid antimicrobial treatments to minimize devastating soft tissue destruction, and debridement of affected tissue results in extensive defects requiring various techniques of reconstruction. We herein describe a case of a 58-year-old male with periorbital NF who underwent eyelid repair with intact fish skin grafts. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of fish skin grafts being used in eyelid wound management after periorbital NF.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fopht.2025.1589771/fullfish skin graftperiorbital necrotizing fasciitiseyelid reconstructionxenograftnecrotizing fasciitis (NF) |
| spellingShingle | Molly Shott Diane Wang John Nguyen Case Report: Eyelid reconstruction using intact fish skin xenograft following periorbital necrotizing fasciitis Frontiers in Ophthalmology fish skin graft periorbital necrotizing fasciitis eyelid reconstruction xenograft necrotizing fasciitis (NF) |
| title | Case Report: Eyelid reconstruction using intact fish skin xenograft following periorbital necrotizing fasciitis |
| title_full | Case Report: Eyelid reconstruction using intact fish skin xenograft following periorbital necrotizing fasciitis |
| title_fullStr | Case Report: Eyelid reconstruction using intact fish skin xenograft following periorbital necrotizing fasciitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Case Report: Eyelid reconstruction using intact fish skin xenograft following periorbital necrotizing fasciitis |
| title_short | Case Report: Eyelid reconstruction using intact fish skin xenograft following periorbital necrotizing fasciitis |
| title_sort | case report eyelid reconstruction using intact fish skin xenograft following periorbital necrotizing fasciitis |
| topic | fish skin graft periorbital necrotizing fasciitis eyelid reconstruction xenograft necrotizing fasciitis (NF) |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fopht.2025.1589771/full |
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