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Subcutaneous emphysema and mediastinitis: Unusual complications of tonsillectomy
Subcutaneous emphysema and mediastinitis: Unusual complications of tonsillectomy: Introduction: Subcutaneous emphysema and mediastinitis are rarely reported complications of tonsillectomy.
C. Gillot +4 more
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Acute mediastinitis occurs as a result of contamination of the mediastinum secondary to perforation of the esophagus or trachea. Rarely, mediastinitis can develop from descending retropharyngeal or cervical abscesses (“descending cervical mediastinitis”)
Lima M. +3 more
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Modelo predictivo de mediastinitis postoperatoria en cirugía cardiovascular
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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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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ABSTRACT Aim To retrospectively collect clinical data of children affected by surgical complications resulting from foreign body ingestion, in order to describe the features of the involved foreign bodies and to analyse the different surgical complications related to their ingestion.
Alessia Salatto +13 more
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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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Mediastinitis: causes, management and outcomes
The term mediastinitis refers to inflammation of the tissues located in the mediastinal space. Many aetiological factors contribute to acute and chronic infection of the mediastinum.
Canalis, E +13 more
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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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Third Space Endoscopic Therapies for Benign Motility Disorders: A Narrative Review
ABSTRACT Objectives To review the evidence base, evolution, outcomes, adverse events (AEs), and management for third‐space endoscopy (TSE) procedures for management of benign motility disorders. Methods This review examines TSE procedures for motility disorders, reviewing the current available techniques, success, outcomes, and long‐term outcomes from ...
Sanjana Bhagwat, Amol Bapaye
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Immediate Debridement and Reconstruction with a Pectoralis Major Muscle Flap for Poststernotomy Mediastinitis [PDF]
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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