Global outcomes and lessons learned in the management of Fournier’s gangrene from high-volume centres: findings from a literature review over the last two decades

Introduction Fournier’s Gangrene (FG) carries a high mortality and morbidity with underreported short and long-term outcomes. Our aim was to perform a review of the recent literature to evaluate the short and long-term outcomes in patients with FG in the acute setting from large-scale studies. Methods A PubMed search was performed between January 2000 and December 2021 for studies reporting on patients with FG. Exclusion criteria included small samples ( n