Abstract
Erysipelas on postoperative scar is a rare entity. In orthopedic traumatology, we have only the 3cases reported in the work of Dhrif occurred during prosthetic implantation. We present through this article, the case of postoperative erysipelas on an osteosynthesis scar of a fracture of the lower quarter of the leg in a 58-year-old woman
Subject
General Medicine,General Chemistry
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