Management and treatment of Fournier’s gangrene. Our Emergency Department Experience and literature review
Sara Santillo 1, Edoardo De Meis 1, Gennaro Mazzarella 1, Greta Bracchetti 1, Paolo Ferrari 1, Monica Mansi 1, Gaia Cicioni 1, Marco Assenza 1
Affiliation
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