Fournier’s gangrene (FG) is a Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection (NSTI) of the perineal region characterized by high morbidity and mortality even if appropriately treated. The main treatment strategies are surgical debridement, broad-spectrum antibiotics, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, NPWT (Negative Pressure Wound Therapy), and plastic surgery reconstruction. We present the case of a 50-year-old woman with an NSTI of the abdomen, pelvis, and perineal region associated with a rectal fistula referred to our department. After surgical debridement and a diverting blow-out colostomy, an NPWT system composed of two sponges connected by a bridge through a rectal fistula was performed. Our target was to obtain healing in a lateral-to-medial direction instead of depth-to-surface to prevent the enlargement of the rectal fistula, promoting granulation tissue growth towards the rectum. This eso-endo-NPWT technique allowed for the primary suture of the perineal wounds bilaterally, simultaneously treating the rectal fistula and the perineum lesions. A systematic review of the literature underlines the spreading of NPWT and its effects.

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for the Treatment of Fournier’s Gangrene: A Rare Case with Rectal Fistula and Systematic Review of the Literature / M. Altomare, L. Benuzzi, M. Molteni, F. Virdis, A. Spota, S.P.B. Cioffi, E. Reitano, F. Renzi, O. Chiara, G. Sesana, S. Cimbanassi. - In: JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE. - ISSN 2075-4426. - 12:10(2022), pp. 1695.1-1695.15. [10.3390/jpm12101695]

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for the Treatment of Fournier’s Gangrene: A Rare Case with Rectal Fistula and Systematic Review of the Literature

M. Altomare
Primo
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L. Benuzzi
Secondo
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M. Molteni;A. Spota;S.P.B. Cioffi;E. Reitano;F. Renzi;O. Chiara
Penultimo
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S. Cimbanassi
Ultimo
2022

Abstract

Fournier’s gangrene (FG) is a Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection (NSTI) of the perineal region characterized by high morbidity and mortality even if appropriately treated. The main treatment strategies are surgical debridement, broad-spectrum antibiotics, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, NPWT (Negative Pressure Wound Therapy), and plastic surgery reconstruction. We present the case of a 50-year-old woman with an NSTI of the abdomen, pelvis, and perineal region associated with a rectal fistula referred to our department. After surgical debridement and a diverting blow-out colostomy, an NPWT system composed of two sponges connected by a bridge through a rectal fistula was performed. Our target was to obtain healing in a lateral-to-medial direction instead of depth-to-surface to prevent the enlargement of the rectal fistula, promoting granulation tissue growth towards the rectum. This eso-endo-NPWT technique allowed for the primary suture of the perineal wounds bilaterally, simultaneously treating the rectal fistula and the perineum lesions. A systematic review of the literature underlines the spreading of NPWT and its effects.
case report; Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT); Fournier’s gangrene; rectal fistula; hyperbaric oxygen therapy; surgical technique
Settore MED/18 - Chirurgia Generale
2022
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