Successful utilization of the median sternotomy approach in the management of descending necrotizing mediastinitis: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 286-288

  Izumoto, Hiroshi ^a   Komoda, Kenji ^a   Okada, Osamu ^a   Kamata, Junya ^a   Kawazoe, Kohei ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

descending necrotizing mediastinitis; median sternotomy; mediastinal drainage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; CELLULITIS; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR DISEASES; MEDIASTINITIS; NECROSIS; PERIODONTAL ABSCESS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STERNUM; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029867093     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00311590     Document Type: Article

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