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[[File:Furnijerova_gangrena.jpg|thumb|Fournier gangrene,<br>frequency: 1 per 62,500 males a year<ref>{{REFbook |last=Hamdy |first=Freddie C. |init=FC |last2=Eardley |first2=Ian |init2=I |year=2017 |title=Oxford Textbook of Urological Surgery |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=76 |ISBN=9780191022524}}</ref>]]'''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 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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|journal=int J Emerg Med |location= |date=2014-09 |volume=7 |issue=1 |article= |page= |pages=1n4 |url=https://intjem.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12245-014-0037-0 |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=25635197 |pubmedCID=4306070 |DOI=10.1186/s12245-014-0037-0 |accessdate=2022-01-18}}</ref> 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
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