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10599963

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-1-5
pubmed:abstractText
Descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM) is a lethal process originating from odontogenic, pharyngeal, or cervical infections that descends along the fascial planes into the mediastinum. The surgical management ranges from cervical drainage to routine thoracotomy but remains controversial. We here describe two patients treated successfully who underwent cervical drainage alone or cervical drainage combined with thoracotomy. Wide cervical exploration with postural drainage was effective in one patient with limited DNM above the carina. Mediastinal exploration through thoracotomy was required to salvage the other with DNM extending below the carina and associated with pericardial invasion.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0171-6425
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
333-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Descending necrotizing mediastinitis: mediastinal drainage with or without thoracotomy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Inha University Hospital, Inchon, Korea. joungtk@samsung.co.kr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports