Fournier's disease: adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen therapy to classic therapy.
Fournier's disease is a very rare and highly fatal necrotizing fasciitis of genital and perineal tissues. Conventional treatment of Fournier's disease includes surgical debridement and antibiotic therapy. We describe a case of Fournier's disease where we added hyperbaric oxygen therapy to the conventional treatment regimen.
Baykal
K
K
Department of Urology and Sea and Underwater Medicine, Gata Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Albayrak
S
S
Inal
H
H
Elbuken
E
E
Dündar
K
K
Onol
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001442:Bacteroides Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D018934:Fournier Gangrene / Q000628:therapy*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D008297:Male
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents