Fournier Gangrene: A Review of 41 Patients and Strategies for Reconstruction

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 765-769

  Chen, Shih Yi ^a   Fu, Ju Peng ^a   Wang, Chih Hsin ^a   Lee, Tzu Peng ^a   Chen, Shyi Gen ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Debridement; Fournier gangrene; Reconstructive surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCROTUM; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCROTUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952876351     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181ba5485     Document Type: Review

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