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Lethal Fournier's gangrene following vasectomy
A C Viddeleer1, G A Lycklama à Nijeholt
1Department of Urology, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands.
The Journal of Urology
|June 1, 1992
Abstract:
A case is presented of a healthy young man who had Fournier's gangrene after standard bilateral vasectomy. Despite maximal treatment, including extensive necrectomy and broad-spectrum antibiotics, this complication was lethal. To our knowledge a lethal complication of vasectomy has not been reported in the literature.
Keywords:
AntibioticsCase StudiesCauses Of DeathDemographic FactorsDeveloped CountriesDiseasesDrugsEuropeFamily PlanningInfectionsMale SterilizationMale Urologic SurgeryMortalityNetherlandsPopulationPopulation DynamicsResearch MethodologySterilization, SexualStudiesSurgeryTreatmentUrogenital SurgeryVasectomy--complicationsWestern Europe