Fournier's gangrene in a modern surgical setting: Improved survival with aggressive management

BJU International

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-88

  Corman, J M ^a,b   Moody, J A ^a   Aronson, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Debridement; Fournier's gangrene; Management; Morbidity; Mortality; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CANCER; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOSTOMY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PENIS AMPUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; REOPERATION; RESUSCITATION; SCROTUM; STEROID THERAPY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA STRICTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032765303     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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