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Radiology Case Reports, 2019 Fibrosing mediastinitis is an uncommon benign disorder in which a chronic inflammatory reaction results in diffuse fibrosis of the mediastinum, potentially compromising the airways, great vessels and other mediastinal structures.
Hee Kang, MD, PhD +1 more
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Surgical Case Reports, 2021 Background Acute mediastinitis is a rare disease that rapidly progresses with a high mortality rate. Its most common cause is direct injury of the mediastinum, including iatrogenic causes such as cardiac surgery or upper endoscopy.
Yoko Zaitsu +6 more
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Mediastinitis after aorto-coronary bypass surgery [PDF]
, 1997 OBJECTIVES: To identify risk factors in 60 cases of mediastinitis amongst 2512 patients (2.3%) subjected to isolated coronary bypass surgery from March 1988 through December 1995, treated by a closed irrigation/drainage system.
Antunes, MJ +4 more
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Aspergillus mediastinitis after cardiac surgery
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016 Background: Mediastinitis is a serious complication after cardiac surgery. While bacteria are the more common pathogens, fungal infections are rare. In particular, several cases of postoperative Aspergillus mediastinitis have been reported, the majority ...
Marie-Josée Caballero +8 more
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A case of Candida mediastinitis after dental extraction
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2010 Acute mediastinitis is a serious infection involving the connective mediastinal tissue in the interpleural spaces and other thoracic structures. Candida albicans mediastinitis is a rare clinical entity associated with high mortality and morbidity.
Parisa Badiee +2 more
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Odontogenic mediastinitis: intensive therapy experience (clinical observation)
Сибирский научный медицинский журнал, 2021 Mediastinitis as complications of traumas and esophagus perforations are ill-controlled and characterized with high mortality. Yet clinical characteristics and therapeutic controllability of contact odontogenic mediastinitis are not covered enough in ...
P. G. Sysolyatin +8 more
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Descending necrotizing mediastinitis: minimally invasive thoracic surgical treatment [PDF]
, 2010 OBJECTIVE: To report a case series of patients with descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM) who were treated with minimally invasive thoracic surgery.
Daud, Danilo Félix +5 more
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Cardiac Reoperation in a patient who previously underwent omentoplasty for postoperative mediastinitis: a case report [PDF]
, 2011 Sternal infection has become a rare but challenging problem with significant mortality and morbidity rates since the introduction of sternotomy. Reported rates of mediastinal and sternal infection range from 0.4% to 5%.
Mehmet S Bilal +4 more
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Respirology Case Reports, 2019 Although endobronchial ultrasound‐guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS‐TBNA) has been reported to be a minimally invasive and relatively safe procedure, mediastinitis is a serious complication related to the procedure.
Kana Kurokawa +5 more
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Immediate Debridement and Reconstruction with a Pectoralis Major Muscle Flap for Poststernotomy Mediastinitis [PDF]
Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2012 Background Poststernotomy mediastinitis is a rare, but life-threatening complication, thus early diagnosis and proper management is essential for poststernotomy mediastinitis. The main treatment for mediastinitis is aggressive debridement.
Yu Jin Jang +5 more
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