Rectal cancer and Fournier’s gangrene - current knowledge and therapeutic options

Table 1 Anorectal causes of Fournier’s gangrene - incidence, colostomy rate, duration of hospitalization and survival

Ref.	Anorectal cause	Male:female ratio	Rectal cancer in all-cause group	Rectal cancer in anorectal cause group	Colostomy (all-cause/rectal cause)	Survival (all-cause/rectal cause)	The most common region	Duration of hospitalization (d)
Benjelloun el et al[12], 2013	70.00%	44:6	0%		10%/no data	76%/no data	scrotum	21.00
Bhatnagar et al[13], 2008	7.30%	Male only (110)	0%		4%/no data	92.7%/no data	Scrotum	19.30
Cakmak et al[14], 2008	63.10%	45:20:00	0%		23.1%/no data	70.3%/no data		24.40
Carroll et al[15], 1986	50.00%	13:1			28.57%/no data	79%/no data		48.00
Czymek et al[16], 2009	57.60%	23:10	3%	5.26%		81.9%/no data
Efem[17], 1994	0.00%	Male only (20)	0%				Scrotum
Eke[9], 2000	21.00%	10:1				84%/no data		2-278
Eskitaşcıoğlu et al[18], 2014	20.00%	19:1	2.50%	50.00%	15%/no dana		Scrotum	34.78
Fajdic et al[19], 2007	42.85%	Male only (7)	0%		14.3%/no data	85.7%/no data	Perianal	25.80
Ghnnam et al[20], 2008	54.05%	Male only (74)	0%		1.4%/no data	78.4%/no data		9.20
Rodríguez Hermosa et al[21], 2001	30.00%	Male only (10)	0%		30%/50%	60%/75%	Scrotum	27.00
Jiménez-Pacheco et al[22], 2012	29.70%	Male only (37)	0%			95%/no data		27.54
Kahramanca et al[23], 2014	22.06%	48:20	1.47%	6.67%	22.06%/no data	92.65%/no data		15.37
Kara et al[24], 2009	33.30%	10:5	0%		53.3%/no data	80%/no data	Scrotum and perineum
Karbhari et al[25], 2014	20.00%		0%			80%/no data	Scrotum
Khan[26], 2009	21.00%	Male only (19)	0%		5.3%/no data			26.00
Khandelwal[27], 2013	24.60%	Male only (57)	0%		20.3%/no data	68.5%/no data		19.60
Korkut et al[28], 2003	58.00%	37:8	2.22%	3.85%	40%/no data	80%/no data		12.00
Liang et al[29], 2008	87.50%	Female only (8)	0%		87.5%/85.7%	75%/85.7%		32.20
Morua et al[30], 2009		48:2			10%/no data	88%/no data	Scrotum	23.76