Descending necrotising mediastinitis: A safe treatment algorithm

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 264, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-187

  De Freitas, R P ^a   Fahy, C P ^a   Brooker, D S ^a   Primrose, W J ^a   McManus, K G ^a   McGuigan, J A ^a   Hughes, S J ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervicotomy; Deep neck infection; Descending necrotising mediastinitis; Surgical treatment; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; NECK DISSECTION; NECROSIS; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; SUCTION; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845779339     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-006-0174-z     Document Type: Article

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