A new combined surgical procedure for severe descending necrotizing mediastinitis with bilateral empyema

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 308-310

  Watanabe, S ^a   Kariatsumari, K ^a   Sakasegawa, K ^a   Nakamura, Y ^a   Sakata, R ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Descending necrotizing mediastinitis; Empyema; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DESCENDING NECROTIZING MEDIASTINITIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPYEMA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0036775638     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-34577     Document Type: Article

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