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A contemporary case series of Fournier's gangrene at a Swiss tertiary care center-can scoring systems accurately predict mortality and morbidity?

Christian WetterauerJ EbbingA HallaR KuehlS ErbA EgliD J SchaeferH H Seifert
Published in: World journal of emergency surgery : WJES (2018)
In our series, Fournier's gangrene was associated with a mortality rate of 15% despite maximum multidisciplinary therapy at a specialized center. All risk scores were able to predict the morbidity of the disease in terms of local extent and the required surgical measures.
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