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'''Fournier gangrene''' or '''Fournier's gangrene''' is an acute gangrenous infection of the [[scrotum]], [[penis]], or perineum following local [[trauma]], operative procedures, an underlying urinary tract disease, or a distant acute inflammatory process. It is a very serious, frequently fatal condition.<ref>{{REFweb

Sliwinski et al. (2014) reported the case of Fournier's gangrene in a 24-year-old man who had an elective non-therapeutic [[https://en.intactiwiki.org/wiki/Adolescent_and_adult_circumcision| circumcision ]] for “prophylactic hygiene reasons”. There was extensive debridement of infected tissue, which resulted in deficit of skin which was resolved by the use of a pedicle flap from the anterior abdominal wall, after which the patient recovered.<ref>{{REFjournal