A contemporary case series of Fournier's gangrene at a Swiss tertiary care center-can scoring system...
A contemporary case series of Fournier's gangrene at a Swiss tertiary care center-can scoring systems accurately predict mortality and morbidity?
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Wetterauer, C , Ebbing, J , Halla, A , Kuehl, R , Erb, S , Egli, A , Schaefer, D J and Seifert, H H
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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English
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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Fournier's gangrene (FG) is a life-threatening infection of the genital, perineal, and perianal regions with a morbidity range between 3 and 67%. Our aim is to report our experience in treatment of FG and to assess whether three different scoring systems can accurately predict mortality and morbidity in FG patients.
All patients that were treate...
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A contemporary case series of Fournier's gangrene at a Swiss tertiary care center-can scoring systems accurately predict mortality and morbidity?
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_4b119cd0dda447f5a066d440dfe2eb90
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_4b119cd0dda447f5a066d440dfe2eb90
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1749-7922
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1749-7922
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10.1186/s13017-018-0187-0
