"CHRONIC MEDIASTINITIS."

Superior vena caval obstruction due to chronic mediastinitis.

Obstruction of the superior vena cava due to chronic mediastinitis has been recognized for at least a century (Hallet, 1848); and Ochsner and Dixon (1936) in their review of 120 reported cases of thrombosis of the superior vena cava found that 28 of these were caused by a fibrotic process within the mediastinum. Two such cases have come under my care during the last six years and I have had the...

Mediastinitis after cardiac transplantation.

OBJECTIVE Assessment of incidence and behavior of mediastinitis after cardiac transplantation. METHODS From 1985 to 1999, 214 cardiac transplantations were performed, 12 (5.6%) of the transplanted patients developed confirmed mediastinitis. Patient's ages ranged from 42 to 66 years (mean of 52.3 +/- 10.0 years) and 10 (83.3%) patients were males. Seven (58.3%) patients showed sternal stabilit...

Management of sterno-mediastinitis

With an incidence rate of 1-4%, mediastinitis following cardiac surgery is a rarely occurring complication, but may show a mortality rate of up to 50%. Risk factors for sternal instability are insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, obesity, immunosuppressed state, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, osteoporosis, history of radiation, renal failure, body height, smoking and nutritional state. ...

Mediastinitis: targeting zero infections.

Focal fibrosing mediastinitis.