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Mediastinal Irrigation in the Treatment of Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis

Author(s) -

Serdar Özkan,

Atatürk Göğüs,

Hastalıkları Ve,

Ülkü Yazıcı,

Ertan Aydın,

Ali Çelik,

Nurettin Karaoğlanoğlu,

Göğüs Cerrahisi

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

the annals of clinical and analytical medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2667-663X

DOI - 10.4328/jcam.1042

Subject(s) - medicine , mediastinitis , surgery , irrigation , agronomy , biology

Descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM) is a rare clinical condition associated with high risk morbidity and mortality rate. Early diagnosis, effective antibiotherapy, and surgical drainage constitute the main principle of management. We present our treatment strategy of two cases of DNM and compare our results with previous studies. We believe the treatment of this high mortality rate condition should include both mediastinal and pleural irrigation together with complete surgical drainage and debridemen

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