Open AccessManagement of a difficult infectional disease: Descending necrotizing mediastinitis
Author(s) -
Fazlı Yanık,
Yekta Altemur Karamustafaoğlu,
Yener Yörük
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.10482
Subject(s) - medicine , mediastinitis , thoracostomy , surgery , sepsis , fulminant , complication , debridement (dental) , mortality rate , odontogenic infection , odontogenic , pneumothorax , pathology
Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis (DNM) is the fatal form of mediastinitis and mostly develops as a complication of peritonsillar abscesses or dental-odontogenic infections. The aim of this study is to evaluate clinical and surgical feature of the patients with DNM who were managed in our clinic.
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