Overview of different scoring systems in fournier’s gangrene and assessment of prognostic factors

Turk Uroloji Dergisi

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 190-196

  Doluoğlu, Ömer Gökhan ^a   Karagöz, Mehmet Ali ^a   Kılınç, Muhammet Fatih ^a   Karakan, Tolga ^a   Yücetürk, Cem Nedim ^a   Sarıcı, Haşmet ^b   Özgür, Berat Cem ^a   Eroğlu, Muzaffer ^c  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fournier s gangrene; Genitalia; Mortality; Prognosis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984804367     PISSN: 13005804     EISSN: 13084631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5152/tud.2016.14194     Document Type: Article

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