Treatment, outcome and quality of life after Fournier's gangrene: A multicentre study

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1529-1536

  Czymek, R ^a   Kujath, P ^a   Bruch, H P ^a   Pfeiffer, D ^b   Nebrig, M ^c   Seehofer, D ^c   Guckelberger, O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b Hematology and Palliative Care   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fournier's gangrene; Necrotizing fasciitis; Quality of life; Sepsis; Short form 36

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; MIXED INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SHORT FORM 36; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

FOURNIER'S GANGRENE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEPSIS; SHORT-FORM-36;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEROIDACEAE INFECTIONS; COINFECTION; DEBRIDEMENT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84888057686     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/codi.12396     Document Type: Article

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