Mediastinitis

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A Prospective Multi-Institutional Cohort Study of Mediastinal Infections After Cardiac Operations. 
  • Aortoesophageal fistula after thoracic aortic stent-graft placement: a rare but catastrophic complication of a novel emerging technique. 
  • Candida mediastinitis after a cardiac operation. 
  • Chest case of the day. Fibrosing mediastinitis. 
  • Clinical predictors of major infections after cardiac surgery. 
  • Comparison of omental and pectoralis flaps for poststernotomy mediastinitis. 
  • Comparison of omental and pectoralis flaps for poststernotomy mediastinitis. 
  • Delayed Sternal Closure in Infant Heart Surgery-The Importance of Where and When: An Analysis of the STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database. 
  • Does method of sternal repair influence long-term outcome of postoperative mediastinitis? 
  • Does negative pressure wound therapy have a role in preventing poststernotomy wound complications? 
  • Elevated preoperative fasting serum glucose levels increase the risk of postoperative mediastinitis in patients undergoing open heart surgery. 
  • Evaluation of vacuum-assisted closure in the treatment of poststernotomy mediastinitis. 
  • Fibrosing mediastinitis. 
  • Intramural tracking in esophageal pseudodiverticulosis. 
  • Invited letter concerning: the promotional effect of bone wax on experimental Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis and postoperative mediastinitis--a comparison of two electrocautery techniques on presternal soft tissues. 
  • Major infection after pediatric cardiac surgery: a risk estimation model. 
  • Management and prevention of cardiovascular hemorrhage associated with mediastinitis. 
  • Mediastinitis after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Risk factors and long-term survival. 
  • Mediastinitis complicating cellulitis of the head and neck. 
  • Odontogenic Infection Complicated by Acute Descending Mediastinitis and Pericardial Effusion: A Life-Threatening Migration Path. 
  • Percutaneous stenting of right pulmonary artery stenosis in fibrosing mediastinitis. 
  • Percutaneous vascular stent implantation as treatment for central vascular obstruction due to fibrosing mediastinitis. 
  • Relief of superior vena cava syndrome due to fibrosing mediastinitis using the Palmaz stent. 
  • Results of the modified bi-pectoral muscle flap procedure for post-sternotomy deep wound infection. 
  • Retrosternal fat pad for prevention of suppurative sternitis. 
  • Risk factors for 1-year mortality after postoperative mediastinitis. 
  • Risk factors for postoperative mediastinitis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. 
  • Split turnover pectoralis muscle flap for the treatment of sternal osteomyelitis. 
  • Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia after median sternotomy: clinical utility of blood culture results in the identification of postoperative mediastinitis. 
  • The pleuropulmonary consequences of esophageal rupture: an experimental model. 
  • Thoracoscopic pneumonectomy in management of histoplasmosis and fibrosing mediastinitis. 
  • Venous and arterial changes in pulmonary veno-occlusive disease, mitral stenosis and fibrosing mediastinitis. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Milano, Carmelo Alessio, Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery