DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2016.v04i08.040

Pages: 2929-2935

Fournier’s gangrene is a severe subcutaneous infection that begins adjacent to the portal of entry whether it is urethral, rectal or cutaneous in origin. it is a true urologic emergency that demands early recognition and aggressive treatment with antibiotics and surgical debridement. To analyse the cases of fournier’s gangrene in warangal area the present study was done in Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital of Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal during the period of November 2009 to October 2011 in the Department of general surgery. The total number of case for this study are 38. Incidence of Fournier’s Gangrene among total hospital admissions is 0.04 %.in this study main feature at the time of presentation were scrotal pain (100%), fever(86.84%), scrotal edema(92.01%) and scrotal skin necrosis (86.84%). E. coli is the main causative agent (57.9%).89.47% patients survived after proper treatment.