Successful minimally invasive emergency surgery for descending necrotising mediastinitis

We present a case of descending necrotising mediastinitis in a healthy young patient, complicated by pneumonia of the right inferior lobe of the lung with parapneumonic effusions. We describe a successful outcome following adequate antibiotics, effective surgical drainage by thoracoscopy and paraste...

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Published inActa chirurgica belgica Vol. 109; no. 6; p. 799
Main Authors Boussemaere, V, Cammu, G, Vercauter, P, Degrieck, I
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.11.2009
Subjects
Adult
Humans
Hyperbaric Oxygenation
Male
Mediastinitis - diagnostic imaging
Mediastinitis - pathology
Mediastinitis - surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
Necrosis
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:We present a case of descending necrotising mediastinitis in a healthy young patient, complicated by pneumonia of the right inferior lobe of the lung with parapneumonic effusions. We describe a successful outcome following adequate antibiotics, effective surgical drainage by thoracoscopy and parasternotomy, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
ISSN:0001-5458
DOI:10.1080/00015458.2009.11680542