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Solve This Debridement Conundrum

Published on Mon Jul 12, 2021

Question: On the inferior aspect of the scrotum and midline, there was roughly a 4.5 x 3 cm area of necrotic skin tissue. My urologist debrided this at bedside today after the patient received some pain medication. It appears to be two separate pockets that he suspected had abscess fluid in them, spontaneously decompressed. The dependent portion for the necrosis [...]
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