Descending necrotizing mediastinitis: An analysis of the effects of serial surgical debridement on patient mortality

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 260-267

  Freeman, Richard K ^a   Vallières, Eric ^a   Verrier, Edward D ^a   Karmy Jones, Riyad ^a   Wood, Douglas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MORTALITY; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRACHEOSTOMY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

EID: 0033954051     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(00)70181-4     Document Type: Article

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