Descending necrotizing mediastinitis. Diagnosis and surgical treatment

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 655-660

  Lavini, C ^a,b   Natali, P ^a   Morandi, U ^a   Dallari, S ^a   Bergamini, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drainage; Mediastinitis, diagnosis; Mediastinitis, surgery; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; IMIDAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PROGNOSIS; STOMATOGNATHIC DISEASES; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0942298779     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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