Videothoracoscopic drainage of mediastinal abscess: An alternative to thoracotomy

被引:8
作者
Chung, DA [1 ]
Ritchie, AJ [1 ]
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[1] Papworth Hosp, Dept Cardiothorac Surg, Cambridge CB3 8RE, England
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10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01189-9
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
A late-presenting high esophageal perforation that resulted in a massive mediastinal abscess and bronchopleural fistula in an elderly moribund patient unfit for radical surgery was successfully drained using a video-thoracoscopic technique. (C) 2000 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
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