ArticleInternational surgery2015
Fournier's Gangrene: A Summary of 10 Years of Clinical Experience.
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- Relationship between diversional stoma and mortality rate in Fournier's gangrene: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2021Pooled it
- Vacuum-assisted closure device in the postoperative wound care for Fournier's gangrene: a systematic review.International urology and nephrology · 2021Pooled it
- Surgical fecal diversionWorld journal of critical care medicine · 2026Article
- Fournier's gangrene with anal cancer: a case report and literature review.Journal of surgical case reports · 2025Article
- Paediatric Fournier gangrene: comprehensive insights into diagnosis, management, and outcomes-a narrative review.Translational pediatrics · 2025Review
- Fournier's Gangrene and Pneumothorax Secondary to Nontraumatic Duodenal Perforation.Case reports in surgery · 2025Article
- The novel use of a vacuum-assisted closure dressing in the management of Fournier's gangrene.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2024Article
- Fournier's Gangrene Surgical Reconstruction: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- The Value of Fournier's Gangrene Scoring Systems on Admission to Predict Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Review
- What Has Changed in the History of Fournier's Gangrene Treatment: The Single-Center Experience.Sisli Etfal Hastanesi tip bulteni · 2023Article
- Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for the Treatment of Fournier's Gangrene: A Rare Case with Rectal Fistula and Systematic Review of the Literature.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Review
- Management of Fournier's gangrene during the Covid-19 pandemic era: make a virtue out of necessity.Basic and clinical andrology · 2022Article
- Practical Review of the Current Management of Fournier's Gangrene.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2022Review
- Fecal diversion in complex anal fistulas: Is there a way to avoid it?World journal of clinical cases · 2021Review
- The role of vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) therapy in the management of FOURNIER'S gangrene: a retrospective multi-institutional cohort study.World journal of urology · 2021Article
- Fournier's Gangrene in the Setting of Underlying Carcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.Cureus · 2020Article
- Fournier Gangrene in Men and Women: Appearance on CT, Ultrasound, and MRI and What the Surgeon Wants to Know.Canadian Association of Radiologists journal = Journal l'Association canadienne des radiologistes · 2020Review
- Impact of radiological diagnostics in the survivor of disseminated Fournier gangrene patient with septic pulmonary embolism.BMJ case reports · 2019Article
- Fournier's Gangrene and Intravenous Drug Abuse: an Unusual Case Report and Review of The Literature.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2019Article
- Preoperative CT Findings and Interobserver Reliability of Fournier Gangrene.AJR. American journal of roentgenology · 2018Article
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Abstract
We aimed to present our clinical experience with FG treatment. Fournier's gangrene (FG) is a rare but serious disease characterized by progressive necrosis in the genitourinary and perineal region. The retrospective study included 43 patients. Patients were divided into 2 groups as survivors and nonsurvivors. Included in the analysis were data pertaining to demographics, predisposing factors, comorbidities, results of bacteriologic analyses, number of debridements, duration of treatment, FG Severity Index (FGSI) score, fecal diversion methods (trephine ostomy or Flexi-Seal Fecal Management System-FMS), and dressing methods (wet or negative aspiration system). In the nonsurvivor group, urea, WBC, and age were significantly higher, whereas albumin, hematocrit, platelet count, and length of hospital stay (LOHS) were significantly lower compared to the survivor group. Mean FGSI was lower in survivors in comparison with nonsurvivors (5.00 ± 1.86 and 10.00 ± 1.27, respectively; P < 0.001). We conclude that FGSI is an important predictor in the prognosis of FG. Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) should be performed in compliant patients in order to enhance patient comfort by reducing pain and the number of dressings. Fecal diversion should be performed as needed, preferably by using FMS. The trephine ostomy should be the method of choice in cases where an ostomy is necessary.
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