Descending necrotizing mediastinitis: A 10-year surgical experience in a single institution

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 191-198

  Chen, Ke Cheng ^a   Chen, Jin Shing ^a   Kuo, Shuenn Wen ^a   Huang, Pei Ming ^a   Hsu, Hsao Hsun ^a   Lee, Jang Ming ^a   Lee, Yung Chie ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC PATIENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46049111409     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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