title: [Clinical aspects and treatment of mediastinitis].
abstract: The results of surgical treatment of 28 patients with mediastinitis, caused by esophageal trauma, were analysed. The extent of an urgent operation ought to consist of the esophageal wall suturing, suture line strengthening and isolation, abscess cavities drainage. An optimal operative access in the cases of injury localisation lower than ThIV level is transpleural one.
authors.affiliation: Kafedra gospital'noĭ khirurgii Vinnitskogo meditsinskogo universiteta im. N.I. Pirogova.
authors.forename: I I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Mitiuk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000150:complications; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013492:Suppuration / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents