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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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Risk-prediction for postoperative major morbidity in coronary surgery [PDF]
, 2009 OBJECTIVE: Analysis of major perioperative morbidity has become an important factor in assessment of quality of patient care. We have conducted a prospective study of a large population of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG), to ...
Antunes, MJ, Antunes, PE, Oliveira, JF
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Mediastinal Paraganglioma [PDF]
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2017 Paragangliomas of the mediastinum are rare, with only approximately 150 cases reported in the literature. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice; however, these tumors often lie near critical vascular structures. Here we present the case of a patient with a mediastinal paraganglioma discovered during a diagnostic procedure.
Stephanie N, Buchanan +2 more
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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 +2 more
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Acute mediastinitis: multidetector computed tomography findings following cardiac surgery [PDF]
, 2008 Mediastinite pós-cirurgias torácicas é definida como a infecção dos órgãos e tecidos do espaço mediastinal, ocorrendo em 0,4% a 5% dos casos. A gravidade da infecção pós-operatória varia desde infecção de tecidos superficiais da parede torácica até ...
BAENA, Marcos Eduardo da Silva +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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Revista de Pesquisa Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 2020 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 +2 more
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Mitral valve replacement via right thoracotomy approach for prevention of mediastinitis in a female patient with long-term uncontrolled diabetes mellitus: a case report [PDF]
, 2010 A 76-year-old woman with a history of percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy and repeated hospital admissions due to heart failure was referred for an operation for severe mitral valve stenosis. She presented with hypertension, hyperlipidemia and
Naoto Fukunaga +14 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 +5 more
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Recurrence following anastomotic leakage after surgery for carcinoma of the distal esophagus and gastroesophageal junction. a systematic review [PDF]
, 2019 BACKGROUND: Esophageal cancer is the ninth most common cancer. The only potentially curative treatment is surgical resection, which unfortunately is still associated with major complications, the most important being anastomotic leakage, currently with ...
Antolino, Laura +8 more
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