Management of Fournier's gangrene

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 169-172

  Fajdic, J ^a   Bukovic, D ^b   Hrgovic, Z ^c   Habek, M ^d   Gugic, D ^c   Jonas, D ^e   Fassbender, Walter Josef ^f  

^a General Hospital Pozega   (Croatia)

^b Clinic for Woman's Diseases Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fournier; Gangrene; Mixed infection; Necrectomy

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NORFLOXACIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANUS; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE NECROSIS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PERINEUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCROTUM; SKIN SURGERY; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; URETHRA STENOSIS;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANUS DISEASES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERINEUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCROTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 34248593040     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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