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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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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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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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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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Sternal wound infection caused by Mycobacterium chelonae. [PDF]
, 2013 INTRODUCTION: Sternal wound infection caused by Mycobacterium chelonae, a member of the rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), is rare and may present without signs and symptoms of systemic infection. METHODS: We present a patient who had a M.
Bajwa, Gurjyot +4 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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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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Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2020 Bilateral internal mammary artery (BIMA) in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has traditionally been limited. This review looks at the recent outcome data on BIMA in CABG focusing on the management of risk factors for mediastinitis, one of the ...
Nicolai Bayer +4 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
doaj +1 more source