Is video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery an optimal approach for descending necrotizing mediastinitis?

Ann Thorac Surg. 2005 Feb;79(2):751. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.02.135.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Drainage
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mediastinitis / classification
  • Mediastinitis / pathology
  • Mediastinitis / surgery*
  • Necrosis
  • Therapeutic Irrigation
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / methods*