title: [Fournier gangrene: therapy with a pedicled rectus abdominis flap].
abstract: This paper describes the technique to reconstruct the genitals after an episode of Fournier's gangrene using the rectus abdominis muscle flap. A 44-year-old diabetic man felt ill with a Fournier's gangrene following inguinal herniotomia. The infection could be treated by aggressive débridement and by muscle flap coverage. Then we reconstructed the genitalia.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Plastische, Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brenner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krause-Bergmann
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Axmann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000601:surgery*; D001439:Bacteroides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000601:surgery*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000601:surgery*; D005734:Gangrene; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D011511:Proteus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012086:Reoperation; D012611:Scrotum / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques