title: Thoracoscopic drainage of and foreign body removal from a posterior mediastinal abscess.
abstract: We describe the thoracoscopic management of mediastinal sepsis and foreign body associated with a cervical oesophageal perforation. Following initially successful conservative management, the patient's condition worsened and we undertook surgical exploration where the abscess was drained and a fragment of china recovered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Chesterman Wing, Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield S5 7AU, UK. ben_davies@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vaughan
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000601:surgery*; D008482:Mediastinum; D008875:Middle Aged; D010842:Pica / Q000150:complications*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*