0 the decay of a part of a person's body because the blood has stopped flowing there:
1 decay of part of a person’s body because the blood has stopped flowing there:
Doctors were afraid gangrene might set in.
She finally died of gangrene in one leg.
Presumably it would have denied dialysis to this patient in the first place, and would not permit the multiple surgeries necessary to treat gangrene.
If untreated, rapid progression to gangrene and perforation occurs.
These include stroke, cerebrovascular accident, tension ascites, ovarian torsion, adult respiratory distress syndrome, venous and arterial thromboembolism, peripheral gangrene, hypercoagulation, and serious impairment of liver or renal function.
Presentation of peripheral gangrene have been reported.
On the basis of the initial scoping searches and discussions with key witnesses, a sizable potential literature was identified on these conditions together with gangrene and skin grafts/flaps.
That gangrene got her whole body.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (for the management of gas gangrene, carbon monoxide poisoning, burns, soft tissue injury, and major wound healing).