Abstract | BACKGROUND:
Fournier's gangrene ( necrotizing fasciitis) is an acute life-threatening disease of the perineal area that requires urgent medical intervention. Once the affected area is surgically debrided and the patient is stabilized, surgical management typically involves 1 or more additional procedures that may include split-thickness skin grafts, flaps, or an elective diverting urostomy and/or colostomy. The professional literature discussing nonsurgical approaches to healing for Fournier's gangrene after surgical debridement is sparse. CASE: CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Elizabeth Geiger Jones, Ahmed M El-Zawahry |
Journal | Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society
(J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs)
2012 Jan-Feb
Vol. 39
Issue 1
Pg. 98-102
ISSN: 1528-3976 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 22237647
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Aged
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Comorbidity
- Debridement
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
(complications, epidemiology)
- Fournier Gangrene
(complications, epidemiology, surgery)
- Humans
- Length of Stay
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy
- Perineum
(surgery)
- Scrotum
(surgery)
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