Videothoracoscopic drainage of mediastinal abscess: an alternative to thoracotomy.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
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 videothoracoscopic technique.
Medical subject headings
- Abscess
- Drainage
- Mediastinal Diseases
- Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
- Thoracoscopy