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Autoamputation of diabetic toe with dry gangrene: a myth or a fact?
Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, 2018 Abdullah Al Wahbi Division of Vascular Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Abstract: Diabetes is associated with various complications and reduced quality of life. Of the many complications, some are life-threatening.
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Practical Review of the Current Management of Fournier’s Gangrene
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2022 Background: Fournier’s gangrene is a fulminant disease. If diagnosed and treated early, mortality can be minimized, but morbidity can still be important with extensive soft tissue defects affecting form and function.
Maria T. Huayllani +3 more
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Fournier’s Gangrene: A Coexistence or Consanguinity of SGLT-2 Inhibitor Therapy
Cureus, 2022 Background: Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2 inhibitors) are a relatively new class of medications used for the management of type II diabetes mellitus targeting the kidneys.
T. Chowdhury +10 more
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Fournier’s Gangrene Diagnosis and Treatment: A Systematic Review
Cureus, 2021 Fournier’s gangrene (FG) is a perineal and abdominal necrotizing infection. It is most commonly found in middle-aged men with comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus.
G. Lewis +6 more
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Medical Gas Research, 2021 There is no consensus about the role of adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in the management of Fournier’s gangrene. The aim of this study was to compare the evolution of patients with Fournier’s gangrene treated with all classical measures with
O. Féres +7 more
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Vojnosanitetski pregled, 2008 Background. Fournier's gangrene (FG) represents a necrotizing infection of the skin and subcutaneous soft tissue of the external genitalia and perineum. It arises as a result of propagation of anorectal, urogenital and skin infections. The principles of treatment include improving general condition of a patient, debridement of wound, excision of ...
Branko Kosevic +4 more
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Frontiers in Surgery, 2022 BackgroundSurgery is required for the treatment of intussusception when enema reduction is unsuccessful, or when the patient develops peritonitis, bowel perforation, or intestinal damage.
Ting-Hsuan Wu +6 more
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Factors affecting bowel gangrene development in patients with sigmoid volvulus
Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2013 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Sigmoid gangrene develops in 6.1% to 93.4% of sigmoid volvulus (SV) cases, and increases the mortality rate from 0% to 40% without bowel gangrene to 3.7% to 80%.
Sabri Selcuk Atamanalp +2 more
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Peripheral limb gangrene in a child with polyarteritis nodosa: An unusual presentation
Indian Journal of Rheumatology, 2022 Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a necrotizing vasculitis predominantly affecting medium-sized muscular arteries. PAN is comparatively rarer in childhood.
Namrata Patil +5 more
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BMC Surgery, 2020 Background To describe the clinical characteristics and management for Fournier’s gangrene. Experience summary and literature references are provided for future treatment improvement.
N. Zhang, Xin Yu, Kai Zhang, Tongjun Liu
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