Treatment and Complications of Fournier's Gangrene
- 1 September 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Urology
- Vol. 64 (3), 310-314
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-410x.1989.tb06020.x
Abstract
Ten patients with Fournier''s gangrene were seen over an 11-month period; 3 had indwelling urethral catheters, 3 had preceding perineal infection and 6 had a history of alcohol abuse. An average of 2.1 operations was required per patient and the average hospital stay was 41 days. The mortality rate was 20%; 7 patients developed acute renal failure and 5 developed adult respiratory distress syndrome. Early treatment of these complications should help to reduce the mortality of this disease.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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