Fournier's disease: adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen therapy to classic therapy.

Int J Urol

Department of Urology and Sea and Underwater Medicine, Gata Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

Published: March 1996

Fournier's disease is a very rare and highly fatal necrotizing fasciitis of genital and perineal tissues. Conventional treatment of Fournier's disease includes surgical debridement and antibiotic therapy. We describe a case of Fournier's disease where we added hyperbaric oxygen therapy to the conventional treatment regimen.

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