Fournier's gangrene: Diagnostic approach and therapeutic challenge

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 91-95

  Xeropotamos, Nikolaos S ^a   Nousias, Vasilios E ^a   Kappas, Angelos M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GREECE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERINEUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCROTUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036250645     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11024150252884304     Document Type: Article

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