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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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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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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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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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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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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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Candida parapsilosis associated with cervical necrotizing fasciitis and descending mediastinitis [PDF]
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Chan, YW, Choi, WK, Lee, CC
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Cirugía Cardiovascular, 2013 Introducción y objetivos: La mediastinitis es una complicación de la cirugía de revascularización miocárdica (CRM) que causa elevada morbimortalidad. El objetivo del estudio es identificar los factores de riesgo de mediastinitis en CRM, con o sin cirugía
José María Gutiérrez-Urbón +2 more
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An Update on Invasive Fungal Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Transplant Infectious Disease, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Invasive fungal infections (IFI) remain a significant infection‐related complication in solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs), the incidence of which has not changed overtime. With a focus on studies and data published after 2019, this narrative review provides an update on the epidemiology and prevention of IFIs in SOTRs and highlights ...
Tina Marinelli, Shahid Husain
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