The wound turned gangrenous and an operation failed to save his life.
In their testimony, the doctors described the leg as very phlegmonous and gangrenous, to the point of appearing black.
This is a surgical emergency that requires urgent resection of gangrenous bowel and untwisting of the volvulus.
The damaged tissue will become gangrenous and eventually slough away.
This results from vasoconstriction of the blood vessels especially in the extremities, and causes a gangrenous condition.
Some ergoline alkaloids found in ergot fungi are implicated in the condition ergotism, which causes convulsive and gangrenous symptoms.
There are two forms of ergotism: gangrenous, affecting blood supply to extremities, and convulsive, affecting the central nervous system.
Eventually, the legs became gangrenous.
