Ten Years of Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis: Management of 23 Cases

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1716-1724

  Roccia, Fabio ^a   Pecorari, Gian Carlo ^a   Oliaro, Alberto ^b   Passet, Ettore ^a   Rossi, Paolo ^a   Nadalin, Juri ^a   Garzino Demo, Paolo ^a   Berrone, Sid ^a  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHLEGMON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTIC SHOCK; TOOTH ABSCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOCAL INFECTION, DENTAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECROSIS; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34547929244     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2006.10.060     Document Type: Article

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