From: Fournier’s gangrene: our experience with 50 patients and analysis of factors affecting mortality
Patient characteristics | Survivors n = 38 | Non-survivors n = 12 | p |
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Age (years, mean ± SD) | 44.36 ± 16.05 | 57.5 ± 19.24 | <0.001 |
Duration of symptoms (days, median values) | 11 | 11.3 | 0.83 |
Presence of Diabetes Mellitus | 31.57% | 41.66% | 0.075 |
Extension of the infection to the abdominal wall | 7% | 50% | <0.003 |
Number of debridements (median values) | 3.5 | 2.5 | 0.086 |
Renal failure | 18.42% | 83.33% | <0.001 |
Need of Mechanical ventilation | 0% | 91.6% | <0.0001 |