Successful treatment for descending necrotizing mediastinitis with severe thoracic emphysema using v...
Successful treatment for descending necrotizing mediastinitis with severe thoracic emphysema using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
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Japan: Springer Japan
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Descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM) is a rare, highly fatal disease that occurs as a complication of a cervical or odontogenic infection spreading into the mediastinum. We herein report of a 50-year-old man with DNM and severe thoracic emphysema who was successfully treated using surgical drainage by videoassisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS...
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Successful treatment for descending necrotizing mediastinitis with severe thoracic emphysema using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_764496542
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_764496542
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1863-6705
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1863-6713
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10.1007/s11748-009-0553-7