Descending Necrotizing Anterior Mediastinitis: Analysis of Survival and Surgical Treatment Modalities

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 635-639

  Misthos, Panagiotis ^a   Katsaragakis, Stylianos ^b   Kakaris, Stamatis ^b   Theodorou, Dimitrios ^a   Skottis, Ioannis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCENDING NECROTIZING ANTERIOR MEDIASTINITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; THORAX PAIN;

ARRHYTHMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOCAL INFECTION, DENTAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; NECK; NECROSIS; PERIAPICAL ABSCESS; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THORAX;

EID: 33947104971     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2006.06.287     Document Type: Article

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