title: [Fournier's gangrene].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We report a retrospective review of the case series of Fournier's gangrene treated in our department from November 1996 to October 2004.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We studied nine male patients with ages between 21 and 85 years (mean 55 years). 66% of the patients had associated risk factors, and the underlying cause was identified in 56% of the cases. Mean hospital stay was 21 days and two of the patients died from the disease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Fournier's gangrene is an infection with a very fast evolution, producing necrotizing fascitis of the external genitalia and perineum. It has a high mortality rate, mainly if diagnosis and treatment are deferred. This last includes wide spectrum antibiotic coverage, surgical treatment with debridement and drainage, and, in many cases, a second surgical intervention for reconstructive plasties.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset, Valencia, España. jorge_planelles@yahoo.es
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Planelles Gómez
authors.forename: Aleixandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vergés Prósper
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rubio Tortosa
authors.forename: José Ramón
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Beltrán Armada
authors.forename: Víctor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Carrascosa Lloret
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: San Juan de Laorden
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018934:Fournier Gangrene / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies