VAC (Vacuum Assisted Closure) treatment in Fournier's gangrene: Personal experience and literature review

Clinica Terapeutica

Volumn 162, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Assenza, M ^a   Cozza, V ^a   Sacco, E ^a   Clementi, I ^a   Tarantino, B ^a   Passafiume, F ^a   Valesini, L ^a   Bartolucci, P ^a   Modini, C ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Critically ill patient; Fournier's gangrene; Infection; Necrotizing fasciitis; Perineum; Vacuum assisted closure (VAC)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOSTOMY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GENERAL MEDICAL DEVICE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE DEVICE; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OBESITY; PARAPLEGIA; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLOSTOMY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; OBESITY; PARAPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79961175167     PISSN: 00099074     EISSN: 19726007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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