Fournier's gangrene: An analysis of repeated surgical debridement

European Urology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 572-575

  Chawla, Sam N ^a   Gallop, Christina ^a   Mydlo, Jack H ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Debridement; Gangrene; Infection; Outcome analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; FOURNIER SEVERITY INDEX; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE CULTURE; WOUND INFECTION;

DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037967266     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-2838(03)00102-7     Document Type: Article

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