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Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for acute mediastinitis. Urgent aggressive surgical debridement and broad spectrum antibiotics is recommended for all patients who develop descending necrotizing mediastinitis.<ref name=XXA> Mediastinitis: a potentially lethal infection. Thoracics (2012). http://thoracics.org/2012/03/03/mediastinitis-noncardiac-surgery/ Accessed on | Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for acute mediastinitis. Urgent aggressive surgical debridement and broad spectrum antibiotics is recommended for all patients who develop descending necrotizing mediastinitis.<ref name=XXA> Mediastinitis: a potentially lethal infection. Thoracics (2012). http://thoracics.org/2012/03/03/mediastinitis-noncardiac-surgery/ Accessed on October 9, 2015.</ref> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Anthony Gallo, B.S. [2]
Overview
Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for acute mediastinitis.
Surgery
Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for acute mediastinitis. Urgent aggressive surgical debridement and broad spectrum antibiotics is recommended for all patients who develop descending necrotizing mediastinitis.[1]
References
- ↑ Mediastinitis: a potentially lethal infection. Thoracics (2012). http://thoracics.org/2012/03/03/mediastinitis-noncardiac-surgery/ Accessed on October 9, 2015.