Case Report
Treatment of Fournier's Gangrene with Combination of Vacuum-Assisted Closure Therapy, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, and Protective Colostomy
Table 1
Baseline and clinical characteristics of patients.
| | Patient 1 | Patient 2 |
| | Gender | Male | Male | | Age (years) | 63 | 75 | | BMI | 23 | 29 | | SAPS II admission/discharge | 47/24 | 42/22 | | SOFA admission/discharge | 10/6 | 10/7 | | White cells count (N/mm3) | 1,200 | 18,900 | | Platelet count (N/mm3) | 54,000 | 331,000 | | Lactate dehydrogenase (U/l) | 137 | 241 | | Creatine kinase (U/l) | 61 | 20 | | Procalcitonin (ng/mL) | 20.9 | 1.1 | | Duration of VAC therapy (days) | 22 | 3 | | Duration of mechanical ventilation (days) | 12 | 2 | | Length of stay in ICU (days) | 23 | 4 |
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SAPS: Simplified Acute Physiology Score; SOFA: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score; VAC: Vacuum-assisted closure.
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