Fournier's Gangrene: A Review and Outcome Comparison from 2009 to 2016

Advances in Wound Care

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 289-295

  Ferretti, Mark ^a   Saji, Akhil A ^a   Phillips, John ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

comorbidity; demographics; disease management; Fournier s gangrene; hyperbaric oxygenation; length of stay

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOSTOMY; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYSTOSTOMY; CYSTOTOMY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY ASSESSMENT; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FINGER STICK BLOOD GLUCOSE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; FOURNIER GANGRENE SEVERITY INDEX SCORE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY RATE; NEPHROSTOMY; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT HISTORY OF SURGERY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTAL TUBE; RECTUM DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TANGENTIAL HYDROSURGERY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; URINARY DIVERSION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85028997843     PISSN: 21621918     EISSN: 21621934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/wound.2017.0730     Document Type: Review

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