Necrotizing Fasciitis of the lower extremity: a case report and current concept of diagnosis and management

Table 3 Reported mortality rates from Necrotizing Fasciitis.

Authors	Year	No. of cases	No. of Mortalities	Percentage
Meleney [43]	1924	20	5	20
Wilson [2]	1952	23	2	9
Rea and Wyrick [44]	1970	44	13	30
Stone and Martin [45]	1972	63	48	76
Rouse et al [46]	1982	27	20	73
Majeski and Alexander [36]	1983	30	10	33
Pesa and Howard [47]	1985	33	11	33
Sudarsky et al [48]	1987	33	2	6
Clayton et al [49]	1990	57	10	18
Francis et al [50]	1993	25	6	24
Brown et al [51]	1994	54	19	35

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