Journal article
Delayed stoma formation in Fournier's gangrene.
- Abstract:
- Fournier's gangrene is traditionally treated with prompt surgical debridement and in many cases a diverting colostomy is also fashioned during the same procedure. We present four cases where stoma formation was delayed until the second look procedure. The physiological states at the time of either procedure were compared using POSSUM. The results showed an improvement in the physiological condition in all patients at the time of the second operation, suggesting that a delay can potentially improve prognosis in such cases.
Actions
Authors
Bibliographic Details
- Journal:
- Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland
- Volume:
- 6
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 518-520
- Publication date:
- 2004-11-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
-
1463-1318
- ISSN:
-
1462-8910
- Source identifiers:
-
19185
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
-
pubs:19185
- UUID:
-
uuid:1f02555d-c3e2-4fe1-bcf0-9c6740e53d84
- Local pid:
- pubs:19185
- Deposit date:
- 2013-02-20
Terms of use
- Copyright date:
- 2004
If you are the owner of this record, you can report an update to it here: Report update to this record