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Management of a Large Bone Impaction in the Esophagus With Cola and Catheters: A Case Report and Literature Review

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 1, January 2026.
Graphical abstract illustrating cola‑assisted management of distal esophageal bone impaction: initial normal cardiothoracic workup, failed standard endoscopic retrieval, endoscopic cola infusion to soften the impacted bolus, and uneventful recovery with complete mucosal healing at 3‑month follow‑up.
Negar Ghasemloo, Amir Nasrollahizadeh, Sepide Javankiani, Pedram Ramezani, Arash Hassanpour Dargah, Harsh Kumar, Maryam Taheri, Changiz Delavari, Pouya Ebrahimi   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Machine Learning Approach to Assess Patients with Deep Neck Infection Progression to Descending Mediastinitis: Preliminary Results

Diagnostics, 2023
Background: Deep neck infection (DNI) is a serious infectious disease, and descending mediastinitis is a fatal infection of the mediastinum. However, no study has applied artificial intelligence to assess progression to descending mediastinitis in DNI ...
Shih-Lung Chen, Shy-Chyi Chin, Kai-Chieh Chan, Chia-Ying Ho   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A rigid barrier between the heart and sternum protects the heart and lungs against rupture during negative pressure wound therapy [PDF]

, 2011
Objectives Right ventricular heart rupture is a devastating complication associated with negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in cardiac surgery. The use of a rigid barrier has been suggested to offer protection against this lethal complication, by ...
Sandra Lindstedt, Richard Ingemansson, Malin Malmsjö   +2 more
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Enhancing Surgical Decision‐Making for Infected Cardiac Device Lead Removal With 18F‐FDG PET/CT: A Case Study and Literature Analysis

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Residual implantable cardiac electronic device (ICED) leads pose a significant infection risk, necessitating a multimodal diagnostic and therapeutic approach. This case highlights the critical role of PET/CT imaging in guiding surgical decision‐making, particularly in cases of chronic infections with embedded or fractured lead fragments. While
Said Khallikane, Reda Mounir, Noureddine Atmani, Abdessamad Abdou, Ayoub Belhadj, Younes Aissaoui   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tigeciclina en el tratamiento de mediastinitis por bacilos Gram negativos multirresistentes: reporte de casos y análisis crítico Tygecicline for the treatment of Multiresistant Gram negative rods causing Mediastinitis: case reports and critic analysis

Infectio, 2009
La mediastinitis es una complicación grave entre los pacientes sometidos a cirugía cardiaca. Los agentes etiológicos más frecuentes son los cocos Gram positivos y los Gram negativos son una causa poco común en la mayoría de las series publicadas ...
Daniel Curci, Francisco Nacinovich, Christin Martín, Claudia Tosello   +3 more
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Diffuse descending necrotizing mediastinitis: surgical therapy and outcome in a single-centre series [PDF]

, 2017
OBJECTIVES Descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM) is a rare but rapidly progressing disease with a potentially fatal outcome, originating from odontogenical or cervical infections.
Caversaccio, Marco, Hoksch, Beatrix, Kocher, Gregor J., Schmid, Ralph A., Wiegand, Jan   +4 more
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Repeated successful surgical rescues of early and delayed multiple ruptures of ventricular septum, right ventricle and aneurysmal left ventricle following massive biventricular infarction [PDF]

, 2006
A 58 year old man underwent 6 surgical interventions for various complications of massive biventricular myocardial infarction over a period of 2 years following acute occlusion of a possibly "hyperdominant" left anterior descending coronary artery. These
Pankaj Kaul, WM Daggett, GM Hutchin's, RG Cummings, JM Swithinbank, J Herlitz, JD Skehan, CA Moore, FF Cox, MJ Rearden, FW Sutherland, TE David, KD Hutchins, K Tanaka, G Schieman, V Mainar, W Blau, JC Madsen, JS Wang, BS Edwards, T Tashiro, T Hirotani, TE David, TE David, MJ Dalrymple-Hay, TA Barker, Gianantonio Nappi, F Musumeci, L Martinelli, N Tabuchi, D Reber, T Takahashi, LD Berrizbeitia, Y Bashir, Y Koh, M Massetti, JL Filiguiera, S Nagamine, C Barriuso, H Ohuchi, A Yamaguchi, MG Cardarelli, E Tatou, B Meyns, FR Waldenberger, SJ Park, C Faber, TE David, DA Killen, MA Deja, L Labrousse, DR Anderson, FF Cox, MJ Dalrymple-Hay, V Menon, B Vajifdar, P Pienvichit, JE Locke, R Anantharaman, R Holzer, WM Dagget, DD Muehrcke, G Mariscalio, JA Goldstein, EM Lee, R Frassani, MH Song, C Blanche, Y Sherer, JC Yuen, R Cartier, HC Suen, A Arbulu, A Kalangos, HC Suen, OY Abu, IN Nuno, JO Fulton, MTT Fukuoka, PE Sokolove, PM Kempen, T Dean, M Ono, KH Kharalambus, I Kusano, JS Tostes, SL Asplund, DD Glower, JG Grieco, JA de Oliveira, KJ Silverman, JC Davila, AS Olearchyk, MJ Anntunes, HD de Boer, AM Cherniavsky, C Guedon, NNGGMGF Luciani, A Kollaar, T Matsuyoshi, T Ivert, J Salas   +101 more
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Descending mediastinitis [PDF]

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals, 2012
We studied 13 patients with mediastinal abscesses caused by oropharyngeal infections, who presented between April 2007 and June 2011. All patients were operated on after maxillofacial and ear, nose and throat surgeons had treated the primary source and drained all collections in the neck. Thoracic surgery was performed in the same session.
Fikret S, Vural, Robert W, Girdwood, Atulkumar R, Patel, Elias, Zigiriadis   +3 more
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Esophageal Perforation in Zollinger–Ellison Syndrome: A Scoping Review of Management and Outcomes

JGH Open, Volume 10, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Esophageal perforation in Zollinger–Ellison syndrome (ZES) is an exceedingly rare and life‐threatening manifestation of gastrinoma‐related acid hypersecretion. While peptic ulceration and severe reflux are recognized complications of ZES, perforation represents the ultimate consequence of uncontrolled hyperacidity. Evidence remains confined to
Agostino Fernicola, Domenico Parmeggiani, Felice Crocetto, Armando Calogero, Alessio Cece, Domenico Romano, Giacomo Benassai, Gennaro Quarto, Michele Santangelo   +8 more
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Descendentni nekrotični medijastinitis kao posljedica retrofaringealnog apscesa [PDF]

, 2015
Descending necrotizing mediastinitis secondary to a nontraumatic retropharyngeal abscess is very rare. This form of mediastinitis in the era of potent antibiotics often ends up with lethal outcome.
Boris Dželalija, Ivan Kovačić, Marijan Kovačić   +2 more
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