Descending necrotizing mediastinitis is a life-threatening disease that extends into the pretracheal, perivascular, retrovisceral, and/or prevertebral spaces, generally sparing esophagus. We report case of deep neck abscess complicated by phlegmonous esophagitis and mediastinitis. The patient was successfully treated with antibiotics surgery, combining transcervical bilateral thoracoscopic tran...

Lipoma is one of the most common benign soft tissue tumors. However, giant lipomas compressing and deforming neurovascular structure rarely occur in lateral neck. A 70-year-old man visited our outpatient clinic for treatment a visible painless neck mass that had been identified 2 years prior. Neck magnetic resonance imaging revealed 10 × 9 4 cm fatty located between sternocleidomastoid sternohy...

Introduction: Deep neck abscess is a pus accumulation in the space and tissue of cervical fascia caused by an infection has potential for several complications. Appropriate use antibiotics can prevent these complications, but long culture time been main concern. Diabetes oral hygiene are identified as commonly found risk factors deep abscess. This study aims to analyze patients’ characteristics...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess which patient and procedure factors affected both the risk of infection as well as procedure duration. Additionally, to assess if procedure duration affected the revision risk due to deep infection in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients and in a subgroup of low-risk patients. METHODS 28,262 primary TKA with 311 revisions due to deep infection ...