title: Experimental surgical technique to induce mediastinitis in cats.
abstract: A surgical technique was developed to induce mediastinitis in cats. A left paracostal approach was the most successful for deposition of material into the ventrocaudal mediastinum without rupture of the delicate serous membranes.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D002415:Cats / Q000601:surgery; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008722:Methods; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D001466:Barium Sulfate