Fournier's gangrene: Analysis of risk factors affecting the prognosis and cost of therapy in 18 cases;Fournier gangreni: 18 olgudaki prognoza etki eden risk faktörlerinin ve tedavi maliyetinin deǧerlendirilmesi

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-76

  Canbaz, Hakan ^a   Çaǧlikülekçi, Mehmet ^a   Altun, Uǧur ^a   Dirlik, Musa ^a   Türkmenoǧlu, Özgür ^a   Taşdelen, Bahar ^a   Aydin, Süha ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fournier gangrene; Infection; Mortality; Necrotizing fasciitis; Prognosis; Treatment cost

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIANAL ABSCESS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74549179278     PISSN: 1306696X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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