Vacuum-assisted closure for the treatment of Fournier's gangrene

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 426-431

  Cuccia, Giuseppe ^a   Mucciardi, Giuseppe ^a   Morgia, Giuseppe ^a   Stagno D'Alcontres, Francesco ^a   Galì, Alessandro ^a   Cotrufo, Stefano ^a   Romeo, Marco ^a   Magno, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assessment; Fournier's gangrene; Surgical treatment; Vacuum assisted closure

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; SULTAMICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FOLLOW UP; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67650293628     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000218532     Document Type: Article

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