Advances in Management of Fournier's Gangrene by Coupling Intensive Hospital Treatment With Innovative Post-discharge Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Rehabilitation: A Case Report.

Barbara Wójcik, Jerzy Superata, Tomasz Tuleja, Ewa Kobielska, Zbigniew Szyguła

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed

0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field

1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

Fournier gangrene - would you KISS it?GMS Interdisciplinary plastic and reconstructive surgery DGPW · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Barbara WójcikDepartment of Clinical Rehabilitation, University of Physical Education, Krakow, POL.

Jerzy SuperataDepartment of Clinical Rehabilitation, University of Physical Education, Krakow, POL.

Tomasz TulejaBurns and Plastic Surgery Centre of Malopolska, Department of Adult Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ludwik Rydygier Memorial Hospital, Krakow, POL.

Ewa KobielskaBurns and Plastic Surgery Centre of Malopolska, Department of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Ludwik Rydygier Memorial Hospital, Krakow, POL.

Zbigniew SzygułaDepartment of Sport Medicine and Human Nutrition, University of Physical Education, Krakow, POL.

University School of Physical Education in Kraków · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fournier's gangrene (FG) is a rare form of necrotizing soft tissue infection characterized by an acute, aggressive, and rapidly progressive course. In this case report, we describe advanced therapy combining critical care, surgery, pharmacotherapy, extended biochemical/cellular blood diagnostics, and post-discharge hyperbaric oxygen therapy rehabilitation. Such an intervention resulted in survival and improved health status and quality of life of the patient with FG and septic shock.

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fournier's gangrenehyperbaric oxygen therapy (hbot)necrotizing soft tissue infection (nsti)rehabilitationsepsis

Identifiers

PMID37101986

DOI10.7759/cureus.36639

PMCPMC10123327

OpenAlexW4360839249

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