Prognostic factors and treatment outcomes for patients with Fournier's gangrene: a retrospective study

International Wound Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1352-1358

  Hong, Kyung Sook ^a   Yi, Hee Jung ^a   Lee, Ryung Ah ^a   Kim, Kwang Ho ^a   Chung, Soon Sup ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fournier's gangrene; negative pressure wound therapy; soft tissue infection

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOSTOMY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYO; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN GRAFT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOMA; STREPTOCOCCUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WOUND HEALING; INJURY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINEUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PERINEUM; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 85030227830     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/iwj.12812     Document Type: Article

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