Fournier's gangrene: Remarks on two clinical cases;La gangréne de Fournier: Remarques sur deux cas cliniques

Annales de Chirurgie Plastique Esthetique

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-42

  Verna, G ^a   Fava, F ^a   Baglioni, E ^a   Cannata M ^a   Devalle, L ^a   Fraccalvieri, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Founier's gangrene; Gangr ne de Fournier; Greffes de peau paisse; Hyperbaric oxygen therapy; Necrotizing fascitiis; Oxyg noth rapie hyperbare; Split thickness skin grafts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; NECROSIS; PAIN; TOXEMIA; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 1542408469     PISSN: 02941260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anplas.2003.10.010     Document Type: Article

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