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Fournier’s gangrene wound therapy: our experience using VAC device

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  1. Department of Surgery, University Hospital Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford, 81, 00133, Rome, Italy

    Gianfranco Tucci, Dalia Amabile, Federica Cadeddu & Giovanni Milito

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Tucci, G., Amabile, D., Cadeddu, F. et al. Fournier’s gangrene wound therapy: our experience using VAC device. Langenbecks Arch Surg 394, 759–760 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-009-0486-8

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