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SUBMITTER: Iacovelli V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7223519 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
World journal of urology 20200331 1
<h4>Purpose</h4>To explore the role of vacuum assisted closure (VAC) therapy versus conventional dressings in the Fournier's gangrene wound therapy.<h4>Patients and methods</h4>This is a retrospective multi-institutional cohort study. Data of 92 patients from nine centers between 2007 and 2018 were retrospectively analyzed. After surgery, patient having a local or a disseminated FG were managed with VAC therapy or with conventional dressings. The 10-weeks wound closure cumulative rate and OS wer ...[more]