Management of descending necrotizing mediastinitis

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 966-972

  Mihos, Petros ^a,b   Potaris, Konstantinos ^a   Gakidis, Ioannis ^a   Papadakis, Dimitrios ^b   Rallis, Georgios ^b  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Dept Oral Maxillofacial Surg G ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESCENDING NECROTIZING MEDIASTINITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; ODONTOGENIC ABSCESS; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PLEURA EFFUSION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORACOTOMY;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEBRIDEMENT; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOCAL INFECTION, DENTAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3242659303     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2003.08.039     Document Type: Article

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