Skin Necrosis
Blood clots block the blood vessels and cause necrosis where an area of skin is destroyed. Necrosis from the greek nekrwsis death the stage of dying the act of killing from nekros dead is a form of cell injury which results in the premature death of cells in living tissue by autolysis. Skin Necrosis And The Need For Vascular Assessments In searching the literature only one other case has been reported. Skin necrosis . A potential but rare complication that may cross the path of a facelifter is skin necrosis. Warfarin induced skin necrosis is an infrequent complication occurring in individuals under warfarin treatment who have a thrombophilic history or after administration of large loading doses of warfarin particularly without simultaneous initial use of heparin. Skin necrosis is a complication that results in the death of the skin tissue. Necrosis extending into the subcutis is not to be confused with fat necrosis which is ...