1. Reconstruction of Scrotal Sac and Penis with Biological Prosthesis and Vacuum Therapy
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Federico Sista, Sergio Leardi, Gianfranco Amicucci, Giovanni Cianca, Giuseppe De Santis, Antonio Giuliani, Emilio Gentile, and Sara Colozzi
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Gangrene ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Debridement ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Case Report ,medicine.disease ,Prosthesis ,Surgery ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Scrotal sac ,Medicine ,Surgical excision ,Surgical emergency ,business ,Fasciitis ,Penis - Abstract
Summary: Fournier’s gangrene is a rapidly progressing necrotizing fasciitis, involving perineal, perianal, or genital regions, and it constitutes a true surgical emergency. Surgical excision of all necrotic tissue is required, and multiple debridements may be necessary to remove all nonviable tissue. After surgical intervention for debridement, reconstruction may be necessary. We present our experience in the treatment of tissue loss after Fournier’s gangrene of genital and perianal regions with the use of biological mesh (derma porcine mesh) in association with vacuum-assisted closure therapy.
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- 2015
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