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Fournier's Gangrene: Case Series Study, in Baghdad | ||
| IRAQI JOURNALOF COMMUNITY MEDICINE | ||
| Article 1, Volume 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 184-187 | ||
| Authors | ||
| ; a Al-Deen Al-Dabbagh; Taha Kareem Kadhum; Saad H. Al-Samarrai | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the efficiency of urgent surgical treatment of Fournier's gangrene and how it prevented and reduced greatly the disease morbidity and mortality. Methods: The study was carried out on 11 cases of genital and perineal gangrene presented between January 2005 and December 2007. At diagnosis, treatment of all patients was initiated with broad spectrum antibiotics and urgent surgical debridement of all obviously necrotic and doubtfully viable tissues. Results: Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus were the most frequently isolated organisms in tissue cultures. An average of 2.6 operations was required per patient. The average hospital stay was 14.3 days. The mortality rate was 18.1% due to system failure. Conclusion: Fournier's gangrene is a urologic emergency associated with high morbidity and mortality. Operative debridement remains the definitive treatment that should be performed early to ensure the best possible out come. Keywords: Fournier's gangrene, Debridement, Penis, Scrotum. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Fournier; Debridement; Penis; Scrotum | ||
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