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Rectal cancer and Fournier's gangrene - current knowledge and therapeutic options [PDF]

World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2015
Fournier's gangrene (FG) is a rapid progressive bacterial infection that involves the subcutaneous fascia and part of the deep fascia but spares the muscle in the scrotal, perianal and perineal region.
Augustin, Goran, Bruketa, Tomislav, Majerović, Matea   +2 more
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Utility of Diagnostic Imaging in the Early Detection and Management of the Fournier Gangrene [PDF]

Diagnostics, 2022
Fournier gangrene represents a urologic emergency. It is a rapidly progressing necrotizing fasciitis that comprises the perineal, perianal, and genital regions and has a high mortality rate.
Piotr Sumisławski, Janusz Kołecki, Martyna Piotrowska, Maciej Kotowski, Marcin Szemitko, Jerzy Sieńko   +5 more
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Fournier Gangrene in Men and Women: Appearance on CT, Ultrasound, and MRI and What the Surgeon Wants to Know. [PDF]

Can Assoc Radiol J, 2020
Ballard DH, Mazaheri P, Raptis CA, Lubner MG, Menias CO, Pickhardt PJ, Mellnick VM.   +6 more
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Outcome of Fournier’s gangrene in relation to Fournier Gangrene Severity Index (FGSI) score [PDF]

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Introduction: Fournier’s gangrene is a rapidly progressive necrotizing fasciitis, involving perineum mainly. The purpose of the study is to evaluate etiology, treatment, and outcome of Fournier’s gangrene so that such type patient’s management can be ...
Meghraj Kundan, Shivlok N Ambedkar, Rambharosh Kumar, Vekhotso Nyekha   +3 more
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Fournier′s gangrene of the penis

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2005
Fournier′s gangrene is a rare, fulminant, though generally localized disease of the scrotum and penis with occasional extension up the abdominal wall. The usual organism is an anaerobic streptococcus synergistic with some second organism.
Francis Leo Tauro, M Roshan, B S Sathish Rao, J Ravikrishnan, Leo T Menezes   +4 more
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Fournier gangrene – would you KISS it?

GMS Interdisciplinary Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery DGPW, 2023
Fournier gangrene is a disease characterized by necrotizing fasciitis of the perineal and genital region, resulting from synergistic polymicrobitic infection.
Matias, Miguel João Ribeiro, Guimarães, Diogo, Vilela, Manuel, Sousa, Juliana, Bexiga, Joaquim   +4 more
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Fournier Gangrene Management: Is a Stoma Mandatory? [PDF]

Cureus, 2023
Dupont M, Leal C, Tenreiro N, Marques R, Pinto-de-Sousa J.   +4 more
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A Rare Case of Fournier Gangrene after a Colostomy Closure

Translational Research in Urology, 2021
Introduction: Fournier gangrene is a surgical emergency that presents as necrotizing fasciitis. It mainly involved the genital and perineal regions. The predisposing factors are immunosuppression, diabetes mellitus, alcoholism, and surgical procedures ...
Abdolreza Mohammadi, Ali Tavoosian
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Efficacy of Non-invasive Serum Markers in Predicting the Prognosis of Fournier Gangrene [PDF]

Journal of Urological Surgery
Objective: Fournier gangrene is a true urological emergency. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of biochemical diagnostic markers in predicting the prognosis of patients who presented to the hospital with Fournier gangrene. Materials and Methods:
Özer Güzel, Ahmet Asfuroğlu, Yılmaz Aslan, Melih Balcı, Şeref Coşer   +4 more
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Fournier gangrene - diagnostic and treatment [PDF]

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2018
Fournier gangrene is a rare, progressively necrotizing perineum inflammation, often leading to death of the patient. The infection is caused by a mixed oxygen-anaerobic bacterial flora.
Beata Pilarska, Małgorzata Nartowicz, Aleksandra Jaworska-Czerwińska, Walery Zukow   +3 more
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