Urology
Volume 75, Issue 5 , Pages 1193-1198 , May 2010

Fournier's Gangrene: Overview of Prognostic Factors and Definition of New Prognostic Parameter

  • Bulent Erol

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Bulent Erol, M.D., Department of Urology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak 67600 Turkey
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  • Altug Tuncel

      Affiliations

    • Ministry of Health, Ankara Numune Research and Training Hospital, Third Department of Urology, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Volkan Hanci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak, Turkey
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  • Husnu Tokgoz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak, Turkey
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  • Abdulkadir Yildiz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak, Turkey
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  • Bulent Akduman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak, Turkey
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  • Eksal Kargi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Zonguldak Karaelmas University Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak, Turkey
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  • Aydin Mungan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak, Turkey

Received 7 May 2009 ,Accepted 4 August 2009.

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PII: S0090-4295(10)00179-2

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.08.090

Urology
Volume 75, Issue 5 , Pages 1193-1198 , May 2010

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