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Gangrene of the penis in a diabetic male with multiple amputations and follow up

A 60-year-old insulin dependent, diabetic male with severe atherosclerosis requiring multiple amputations in the extremities in the past, with normal renal function presented with gangrene of glans penis. He was initially treated with debridement but as the gangrene progressed, partial penile amputa...

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Autor principal: Vijayan, P.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2684300/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19468442
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-1591.45550
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description A 60-year-old insulin dependent, diabetic male with severe atherosclerosis requiring multiple amputations in the extremities in the past, with normal renal function presented with gangrene of glans penis. He was initially treated with debridement but as the gangrene progressed, partial penile amputation was performed. He showed no further progress of the disease and had no voiding difficulties even after 4 years of follow up.
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spelling pubmed-26843002009-05-22 Gangrene of the penis in a diabetic male with multiple amputations and follow up Vijayan, P. Indian J Urol Case Report A 60-year-old insulin dependent, diabetic male with severe atherosclerosis requiring multiple amputations in the extremities in the past, with normal renal function presented with gangrene of glans penis. He was initially treated with debridement but as the gangrene progressed, partial penile amputation was performed. He showed no further progress of the disease and had no voiding difficulties even after 4 years of follow up. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC2684300/ /pubmed/19468442 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-1591.45550 Text en © Indian Journal of Urology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Gangrene of the penis in a diabetic male with multiple amputations and follow up
title Gangrene of the penis in a diabetic male with multiple amputations and follow up
title_full Gangrene of the penis in a diabetic male with multiple amputations and follow up
title_fullStr Gangrene of the penis in a diabetic male with multiple amputations and follow up
title_full_unstemmed Gangrene of the penis in a diabetic male with multiple amputations and follow up
title_short Gangrene of the penis in a diabetic male with multiple amputations and follow up
title_sort gangrene of the penis in a diabetic male with multiple amputations and follow up
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2684300/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19468442
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-1591.45550
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