Fournier's gangrene: Therapeutic impact of hyperbaric oxygen

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 94-100

  Hollabaugh Jr , Robert S ^a   Dmochowski, Roger R ^a,b   Hickerson, William L ^a   Cox, Clair E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MORTALITY; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; URINARY DIVERSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; INTESTINAL DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 0344541778     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199801000-00016     Document Type: Article

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