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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

Galukande et al. (2014) reported two cases of previously rare Fournier's gangrene at the [https://www.mak.ac.ug/infectious-diseases-institute-idi Infectious Disease Institute and International Hospital Kampala (IHK)]. The cases eventually recovered with aggressive treatment. The increase in the incidence of FournerFournier's gangrene is attributed to the non-therapeutic [[Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision]] ([[VMMC]]) sponsored by the [[United States of America]].<ref>{{REFjournal

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 Sliwinski et al. (2014) reported the case of Fournier's gangrene in a 24-year-old man who had an elective non-therapeutic [[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 |last=Sliwinski |first= |init=A |author-link= |last2=Kavanagh |first2= |init2=LE |author2-link= |last3=Bolton |first3= |init3=D |author3-link= |last4=Lawrentschuk |first4= |init4=N |author4-link= |last5=Crock |first5= |init5=JG |author5-link= |etal=no |title=Fournier’s gangrene - delayed pedicle flap based upon the anterior abdominal wall |trans-title= |language= |journal=Int Braz J urol |location= |date=2014 |volume=40 |issue=3 |article= |page= |pages=423-6 |url=https://www.scielo.br/j/ibju/a/TC3tkRhqGS8577ywNNkJ8dj/?lang=en |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=25010310 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2014.03.18 |accessdate=2022-01-18}}</ref>