Infections of the deep neck spaces with accompanying mediastinitis;Infekte der tiefen halsweichteile mit begleitender mediastinitis

Laryngo- Rhino- Otologie

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 171-175

  Lautermann, Jürgen ^a,c   Lehnerdt, G ^b   Beiderlinden, M ^b   Sudhoff, H ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c St Elisabeth Hospital Bochum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep neck infection; Mediastinitis; Necrotizing fasciitis

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; NECK INJURY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TONSILLECTOMY; TOOTH INFECTION;

DRAINAGE; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; FOCAL INFECTION, DENTAL; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROGNOSIS; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16844367019     PISSN: 09358943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-825808     Document Type: Article

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