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Surgical Case Reports, 2017 Background Fournier gangrene due to advanced rectal cancer is a rapidly progressive gangrene of the perineum and buttocks. Emergency surgical debridement of necrotic tissue is crucial, and secondary surgery to resect tumors is necessary for wound healing.
Hiroshi Sawayama +7 more
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Clin Case Rep, 2015 Key Clinical MessageFournier gangrene is a rapidly progressive necrotizing infection of the perineal and genital fascia, often polymicrobial. Severity is increased in older patients, diabetics and the immunocompromised. As in this case, the disease can have an indolent onset. Early recognition and aggressive treatment is important.
Parry N.
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Preoperative CT Findings and Interobserver Reliability of Fournier Gangrene. [PDF]
AJR Am J Roentgenol, 2018 OBJECTIVE The objective of our study was to delineate CT findings and anatomic areas of involvement of surgically proven Fournier gangrene (FG) and determine interobserver reliability.
Ballard DH +6 more
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Analysis of prognostic factors affecting poor outcomes in 41 cases of Fournier gangrene. [PDF]
Ann Surg Treat Res, 2018 Purpose We present our experience involving the management of this disease, identifying prognostic factors affecting treatment outcomes. Methods The patients treated for Fournier gangrene at our institution were retrospectively reviewed.
Hahn HM +4 more
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Prognostic factors in Fournier gangrene
Asian Journal of Surgery, 2012 Background: Fournier gangrene is a necrotizing fasciitis, arising in the genital and perineal area. This entity is still associated with a high mortality rate despite improvements in antibiotic and surgical treatment.
Jaime Ruiz-Tovar +2 more
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Fournier gangrene due to Rhizobium Radiobacter. [PDF]
Pak J Med Sci, 2018 Fournier’s gangrene (FG) is a life-threatening, rapidly progressing acute necrotizing fasciitis of perianal, genitourinary and perineal areas. The most common isolated pathogens are E.coli, Streptococcus and Enterococcus in tissue and abscess cultures ...
Sen V, Sen P, Sahin MO.
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Fournier Gangrene in a patient receiving chemo-radiation for rectal cancer. [PDF]
Oxf Med Case Reports, 2018 We herein present a case of a 24-year-old patient with a cT4N+ rectal cancer who developed Fournier's gangrene (FG) 1 week after the completion of preoperative chemoradiotherapy.
Pittaka M +7 more
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Fournier′s gangrene of the penis [PDF]
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 +4 more
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A rare presentation of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis and emphysematous pyelonephritis complicated with necrotizing fasciitis of scrotum and perineum (fournier gangrene) [PDF]
Urology Case Reports, 2020 We report a case of cooccurrence of xanthogranulomatous and emphysematous pyelonephritis along with necrotizing fasciitis (NF) of scrotum and premium in a patient was nondiabetic and the history of kidney stones. This case a unique presentation of NF due
Leila Haji Maghsoudi +2 more
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Variables that predict hospital stay and the outcome of Fournier gangrene at King Abdulaziz University Hospital: a retrospective study [PDF]
BMC UrologyBackground The aggressive nature of Fournier gangrene and the associated health issues can result in a more complex clinical course and potentially a longer hospital stay.
Bandar Alhubaishy +7 more
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