Factors affecting mortality of Fournier's gangrene: Review of 70 patients

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 43-48

  Ersay, Ahmet ^a   Yilmaz, Gulsen ^a   Akgun, Yilmaz ^a   Celik, Yusuf ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fournier's gangrene; Fournier's Severity Index; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHILD; COLOSTOMY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; ORCHIECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33846430052     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03975.x     Document Type: Article

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