Fournier's gangrene: What are the prognostic factors? our experience with 40 patients;la gangrene de fournier: Quels sont les facteurs pronostics? notre experience a propos de 40 patients

Tunisie Medicale

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 708-714

  Sallami, Sataa ^a   Maalla, Riadh ^a   Gammoudi, Anis ^a   Ben Jdidia, Ghazi ^a   Tarhouni, Lamjed ^b,c   Horchani, Ali ^a  

^a LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b Institut National Mohammed Kassab d'Orthopedie   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Etiology; Fournier's gangrene; Idiopathic; Mortality; Necrotizing fascitis; Outcome; Prognosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BICARBONATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NOMOGRAM; ORCHIECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN GRAFT;

ADULT; AGED; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SODIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870361948     PISSN: 00414131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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