title: Is video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery an optimal approach for descending necrotizing mediastinitis?
authors.forename: Shunsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Yasunori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sohara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009336:Necrosis; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*