Prague Med. Rep. 2021, 122, 39-44

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2021.5

Challenging Treatment of a Female Patient with Extensive Fournier’s Gangrene – Case Report

Ognen Kostovski1, Olivera Spasovska1, Gjorgji Trajkovski1, Svetozar Antovic1, Irena Kostovska2, Katerina Tosheska-Trajkovska2, Biljana Kuzmanovska3, Sofija Pejkova4, Nikola Jankulovski1

1University Clinic of Abdominal Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Skopje, North Macedonia
2Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Skopje, North Macedonia
3University Clinic of Traumatology, Orthopedic Disease, Anesthesiology, Reanimation and Intensive Care Medicine and Emergency Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Skopje, North Macedonia
4University Clinic of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Skopje, North Macedonia

Received June 16, 2020
Accepted January 28, 2021

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