Videothoracoscopic drainage of mediastinal abscess: an alternative to thoracotomy.
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.
Chung
D A
DA
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Ritchie
A J
AJ
D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013906:Thoracoscopy