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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, A. N. Shmakov, M. E. Ivantsov, N. L. Elizar’eva, V. N. Kokhno, E. I. Streltsova, A. N. Kolosov, Е. М. Loktin, S. M. Ivantsov   +8 more
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Subcutaneous emphysema and mediastinitis: Unusual complications of tonsillectomy

B-ENT, 2005
Subcutaneous emphysema and mediastinitis: Unusual complications of tonsillectomy: Introduction: Subcutaneous emphysema and mediastinitis are rarely reported complications of tonsillectomy.
C. Gillot, S. Tombu, V. Crestani, P. Huvelle, P. Moreau   +4 more
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Severe mediastinitis over a month after endobronchial ultrasound‐guided transbronchial needle aspiration

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, Tetsuhiko Asao, Ryo Ko, Tetsutaro Nagaoka, Kenji Suzuki, Kazuhisa Takahashi   +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, Myong Chul Park, Dong Ha Park, Hyoseob Lim, Joo Hyoung Kim, Il Jae Lee   +5 more
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Necrotizing fasciitis with mediastinitis following snakebite envenomation

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2019
Snakebite envenomation is a life-threatening injury and a neglected public health issue in Africa. We report the case of a child that presented 6 days following a forearm snakebite with compartment syndrome and necrotizing fasciitis of the upper limb ...
Chihena Hansini Banda, Chandwa N’gambi
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Comparison between Vacuum-Assisted Closure Technique and Conventional Approach in Patients with Mediastinitis After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2023
Introduction: Median sternotomy is the most preferred approach in heart surgery. Post-sternotomy mediastinitis is a catastrophic and potentially life-threatening complication with an incidence rate of 0.15% to 5%, and its overall mortality rate reaches ...
Hakan Akbayrak, Hayrettin Tekumit
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Unintentional Weight Loss Does Not Predict Poor Outcomes in Zenker Diverticulum

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
In this study of 427 patients with Zenker's diverticulum, 23.6% had significant unintentional preoperative weight loss. Weight loss was associated with preoperative dysphagia and with both the smallest and largest pouches. Postoperative outcomes were similar in patients with and without weight loss, demonstrating a similar efficacy and safety profile ...
Ari D. Schuman, Jacqui Allen, Mekibib Altaye, Milan R. Amin, Semirra L. Bayan, Peter C. Belafsky, Brad W. DeSilva, Shumon I. Dhar, Dale C. Ekbom, Aaron D. Friedman, Mark Fritz, Glendon M. Gardner, Elizabeth A. Guardiani, Christopher Johnson, Jan Kasperbauer, Brandon Kim, Brittany N. Krekeler, Maggie A. Kuhn, Yue Ma, Lyndsay L. Madden, Laura Matrka, Ross M. Mayerhoff, Cyrus Piraka, Apoorva Ramaswamy, Clark A. Rosen, Haley C. Sibley, Meredith Tabangin, Carter Wright, Z. Mike Yang, Vyvy N. Young, Gregory Postma, Rebecca J. Howell   +31 more
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Risk factors for mediastinitis in the post-operative period of heart surgery / fatores de riscos para mediastinite no pós-operatório de cirurgia cardíaca

Revista de Pesquisa Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 2021
Objectives: The study’s main purpose has been to identify both pre and postoperative risk factors related to the development of mediastinitis among patients who underwent cardiac surgery at a hospital from the Rio de Janeiro city.
Debora Ferreira da Cruz, Elbanir Rosangela Ferreira de Sousa, Claudia Elizabeth de Almeida   +2 more
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Drainage of Severe Descending Mediastinitis: 5-Year Experience in a Single Tertiary Institution

B-ENT, 2022
Objective: Descending necrotizing mediastinitis is caused by the spread of the infection to the mediastinum from the deep and superficial cervical fascial planes.
Liew Yew Toong, Sakina Ghauth, Yazid Pol Ong, Abu Bakar Zulkiflee   +3 more
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Modelo predictivo de mediastinitis postoperatoria en cirugía cardiovascular

Cirugía Cardiovascular, 2019
Resumen: Introducción: La esternotomía mediana longitudinal es la incisión más usada para la cirugía cardiovascular. Su infección profunda es la mediastinitis postoperatoria y constituye aún un serio problema.
Gustavo de J. Bermúdez-Yera, Alfredo M. Naranjo-Ugalde, Magda A. Rabassa-LópezCallejas, Álvaro L. Lagomasino-Hidalgo, Ernesto Chaljub-Bravo, Eligio E. Barreto-Fiu   +5 more
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