Management and treatment of Fournier’s gangrene. Our Emergency Department Experience and literature review

Sara  Santillo; Edoardo  Meis; Gennaro  Mazzarella; Greta  Bracchetti; Paolo  Ferrari; Monica  Mansi; Gaia  Cicioni; Marco  Assenza

1 Sep 2022Article

Sara Santillo ¹Edoardo Meis ¹Gennaro Mazzarella ¹Greta Bracchetti ¹Paolo Ferrari ¹Monica Mansi ¹Gaia Cicioni ¹Marco Assenza ¹

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Article Info

¹ Department of Emergency Surgery, Surgical Fist Aid Unit, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy

Abstract

Fournier’s Gangrene (FG) is an extremely serious condition of necrotizing soft tissue infection. The treatment of this critical condition is urgent but much debated, especially as regards the management of larger defects and wound closure, with various techniques being described in the current literature. Through a case series we aimed to present our surgical management of FG treated successfully with Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) and performing a loop colostomy.

Keywords

Fournier’s gangrene
Loop colostomy
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy