Literature DB >> 10881846

Videothoracoscopic drainage of mediastinal abscess: an alternative to thoracotomy.

D A Chung1, A J Ritchie.   

Abstract

A late-presenting high esophageal perforation that resulted in a massive mediastinal abscess and bronchopleural fistula in an elderly moribund patient unfit for radical surgery was successfully drained using a videothoracoscopic technique.

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Year:  2000        PMID: 10881846     DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(00)01189-9

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Ann Thorac Surg        ISSN: 0003-4975            Impact factor:   4.330


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1.  A novel treatment for inferior mediastinal abscess via abdominal laparoscopy.

Authors:  Sp Carmichael; Ld Procter; Ac Bernard
Journal:  J Surg Case Rep       Date:  2012-04-01
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