What Is Gas Gangrene?
2. What Types of Injuries Cause Gas Gangrene?
While any injury can result in the onset of gas gangrene, some injuries are more high risk than others. Injuries that are high risk are those that are severe and deep, that occur to the muscle tissue, that contain already dead or crushed tissue, or that become contaminated with stool, dirt or decaying vegetable matter.
Surgical wounds are the most likely type of wound to result in gas gangrene. In fact, it is rare for the condition to develop without surgery being involved. Types of operations that are most likely to trigger gas gangrene are those that involve the gallbladder and colon.
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