A multistep approach to manage Fournier's gangrene in a patient with unknown type II diabetes: Surgery, hyperbaric oxygen, and vacuum-assisted closure therapy: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Pastore, Antonio Luigi ^a,b   Palleschi, Giovanni ^a,b   Ripoli, Andrea ^a   Silvestri, Luigi ^a   Leto, Antonino ^a   Autieri, Domenico ^a   Maggioni, Cristina ^a   Moschese, Davide ^a   Petrozza, Vincenzo ^a   Carbone, Antonio ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b A Non profit Association for Urology Research   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Fournier's gangrene; Hyperbaric oxygen therapy; Necrotizing fasciitis; Vacuum assisted closure

Indexed keywords

DAPTOMYCIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; METFORMIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

EID: 84871713517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-7-1     Document Type: Article

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