Fournier's gangrene: etiology and outcome analysis of 41 patients.

Introduction: Fournier's gangrene (FG) is the necrotizing fasciitis of the perineum and genital area with high mortality.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective review included 41 patients diagnosed with FG in our hospitals from 1995 to 2010, divided into survivors and nonsurvivors. We analyzed anamnestic, clinical and laboratory data.

[Fournier's gangrene--our experience with 17 patients].

Fournier's gangrene (FG) is a rare form of the skin and subcutaneous tissue bacterial infection characterized clinically by rapid progression and significant mortality, patohistologically by extensive necrosis of supeficial and deep facial planes and epidemiologically by predilection to patients with diabetes, immunosupression, malignant diseases or other debilitating state. In our retrospective study, we analyze 17 patients with FG hospitalised in our hospital in the 16-year period. Mean age of the patients was 58.