A three-year review of the management of Fournier's gangrene presented in a single Saudi Arabian institute

Central European Journal of Urology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 331-334

  Katib, Atif ^a   Al Adawi, Mohammad ^a   Dakkak, Bassem ^a   Bakhsh, Amani ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Debridement; Fournier's gangrene; FSI; Necrotizing fasciitis; Urologic emergency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886888788     PISSN: 20804806     EISSN: 20804873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art22     Document Type: Article

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