Management of Fournier's gangrene: An eleven year retrospective analysis of early recognition, diagnosis, and treatment

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 709-713

  Norton, Kathryn S ^a   Johnson, Lester W ^b,c   Perry, Travis ^b   Perry, Katina H ^a   Sehon, James K ^b   Zibari, Gazi B ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c E A Conway Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG COMBINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036674412     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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