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World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2011 Background Breast gangrene is rare in surgical practice. Gangrene of breast can be idiopathic or secondary to some causative factor. Antibiotics and debridement are used for management.
Husasin Irfan +9 more
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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 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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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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Progress in Multidisciplinary Treatment of Fournier’s Gangrene
Infection and Drug Resistance, 2022 Fournier’s gangrene (FG) is a life-threatening and special form of necrotizing fasciitis, characterized by occult onset, rapid progress and high mortality, occurring mainly in men over 50 years of age.
Ke-Fan Zhang +3 more
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Symmetrical peripheral gangrene in critical illness.
Transfusion and Apheresis Science, 2021 Symmetrical peripheral gangrene (SPG) is a disabling complication that affects a small proportion of patients who survive critical illness. Its pathogenesis reflects profoundly disturbed procoagulant-anticoagulant balance in susceptible tissue beds ...
T. Warkentin, S. Ning
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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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Fournier's gangrene mortality; A 17- year systematic review and meta-analysis.
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 BACKGROUND To provide better management of the disease, mortality-associated comorbidities, and common etiologies were identified. METHOD Systematic search was conducted through twelve databases, followed by meticulous screening to select relevant ...
A. E. El-Qushayri +9 more
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Open Access Emergency Medicine, 2020 Fournier gangrene (FG) is a rare and life-threatening urosurgical emergency characterized most often by a polymicrobial infection of the perineal, genital, or perianal region.
J. Auerbach +5 more
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Treatment of Gangrenous and Possibly Gangrenous Hernia [PDF]
Annals of Surgery, 1893 n ...
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