ArticleCurrent infectious disease reports2011
Update on necrotizing mediastinitis: causes, approaches to management, and outcomes.
Article in Current infectious disease reports, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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- Video-assisted thoracic surgery drainage is feasible and safe for acute necrotizing mediastinitis: a retrospective cohort study.Journal of thoracic disease · 2023Article
- Case Report of Gas Gangrene after Reconstructive Surgery with Anterolateral Thigh Flap for Resection of Oral Cancer.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
- Descending necrotizing mediastinitis: a challenging infection. Selected results of a Moroccan bicentric study.Kardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery · 2023Article
- Acute Mediastinitis - Outcomes and Prognostic Factors of Surgical Therapy (A Single-Center Experience).Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia · 2022Article
- Multidisciplinary Approach in the Treatment of Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis: Twenty-Year Single-Center Experience.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Necrotizing Mediastinitis Following Dental Extraction: A Case Report.Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine · 2022Article
- Mapping the microbiological diversity of odontogenic abscess: are we using the right drugs?Clinical oral investigations · 2021Article
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- Severe odontogenic infections with septic progress - a constant and increasing challenge: a retrospective analysis.BMC oral health · 2019Article
- The role of immediate versus secondary removal of the odontogenic focus in treatment of deep head and neck space infections. A retrospective analysis of 248 patients.Clinical oral investigations · 2019Article
- Septic shock from descending necrotizing mediastinitis - combined treatment with IgM-enriched immunoglobulin preparation and direct polymyxin B hemoperfusion: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2018Article
- Risk factors for delayed oral dietary intake in patients with deep neck infections including descending necrotizing mediastinitis.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2017Article
- Less invasive management of deep neck infection and descending necrotizing mediastinitis: A single-center retrospective study.Medicine · 2017Article
- [Descending necrotizing mediastinitis : Treatment concept with focus on thoracic surgery].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2016Article
- Descending necrotizing mediastinitis in the elderly patients.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2016Article
- A rare case: Descending necrotizing mediastinitis.Turkish journal of emergency medicineArticle
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Abstract
Descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM) is one of the most feared and fatal forms of mediastinitis, occurring as a complication after odontogenic or cervicofascial infections or after cervical trauma. Delayed recognition, underestimation of the extent of disease, and insufficient therapy promote spread of infection. Primary treatment of DNM includes surgical eradication of the pharyngeal or odontogenic infection focus, and a concomitant major drainage applied to the neck and the mediastinum. However, the mortality rate of DNM remains high, even with the routine use of CT scanning, antibiotics, advancements in anesthesia and intensive care, and immediate surgical drainage. The present state of the optimal management of DNM is discussed controversially, in particular the question of whether thoracotomy should be performed routinely or if minimally invasive procedures (eg, video-assisted thoracoscopy) may be introduced. This review reports on the incidence and course of this disease and discusses management approaches to DNM.
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