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Thoracoscopic drainage of and foreign body removal from a posterior mediastinal abscess
Ben Davies1, Edward Black, Roger Vaughan
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Chesterman Wing, Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield S5 7AU, UK. ben_davies@doctors.org.uk
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.
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