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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.<ref>{{REFweb | '''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 | ||
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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 | 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 Fournier's gangrene is attributed to 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 | |||
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|title=Fournier’s gangrene - delayed pedicle flap based upon the anterior abdominal wall | |||
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|journal=Int Braz J urol | |||
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|DOI=10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2014.03.18 | |||
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