Hyperbaric oxygen therapy adjunctive to surgical debridement in management of Fournier's gangrene: Usefulness of a severity index score in predicting disease gravity and patient survival;Terapia de oxígeno hiperbárico complementaria al desbridamiento en el control de la gangrena de Fournier: utilidad de la puntuación de un índice de severidad en la predicción de la gravedad de la enfermedad y la supervivencia del paciente

Actas Urologicas Espanolas

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 332-338

  Janane, A ^a   Hajji, F ^a   Ismail, T O ^a   Chafiqui, J ^a   Ghadouane, M ^a   Ameur, A ^a   Abbar, M ^a   Albouzidi, A ^a  

^a MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Fournier's gangrene; Hyperbaric oxygen therapy; Severity index score; Surgical debridement

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; EVALUATION; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORINS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955688937     PISSN: 02104806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acuro.2011.01.019     Document Type: Article

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