Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis Treated With Rapid Sternotomy Followed by Vacuum-Assisted Therapy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 393-396

  Gorlitzer, Michael ^a   Grabenwoeger, Martin ^a   Meinhart, Johann ^a   Swoboda, Herwig ^a   Oczenski, Wolfgang ^a   Fiegl, Nikolaus ^a   Waldenberger, Ferdinand ^a  

^a Hietzing Hospital   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING NECROTIZING MEDIASTINITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OROPHARYNX CANDIDIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPTIC SHOCK; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WARD; TRACHEOTOMY; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DEBRIDEMENT; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; OROPHARYNX; STERNUM; SURGICAL FIXATION DEVICES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEOTOMY; VACUUM;

EID: 33846345334     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.09.059     Document Type: Article

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