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Clinical Features of Deep Neck Infections and Predisposing Factors for Mediastinal Extension

BACKGROUND: Deep neck infections (DNI) can originate from infection in the potential spaces and fascial planes of the neck. DNI can be managed without surgery, but there are cases that need surgical treatment, especially in the case of mediastinal involvement. The aim of this study is to identify cl...

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Autores principales: Kang, Shin Kwang, Lee, Seokkee, Oh, Hyun Kong, Kang, Min-Woong, Na, Myung Hoon, Yu, Jae Hyeon, Koo, Bon Seok, Lim, Seung Pyung
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Publicado: Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3373973/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22708085
http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2012.45.3.171
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author Kang, Shin Kwang
Lee, Seokkee
Oh, Hyun Kong
Kang, Min-Woong
Na, Myung Hoon
Yu, Jae Hyeon
Koo, Bon Seok
Lim, Seung Pyung
author_facet Kang, Shin Kwang
Lee, Seokkee
Oh, Hyun Kong
Kang, Min-Woong
Na, Myung Hoon
Yu, Jae Hyeon
Koo, Bon Seok
Lim, Seung Pyung
author_sort Kang, Shin Kwang
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description BACKGROUND: Deep neck infections (DNI) can originate from infection in the potential spaces and fascial planes of the neck. DNI can be managed without surgery, but there are cases that need surgical treatment, especially in the case of mediastinal involvement. The aim of this study is to identify clinical features of DNI and analyze the predisposing factors for mediastinal extension. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We reviewed medical records of 56 patients suffering from DNI who underwent cervical drainage only (CD group) and those who underwent cervical drainage combined with mediastinal drainage for descending necrotizing mediastinitis (MD group) from August 2003 to May 2009 and compared the clinical features of each group and the predisposing factors for mediastinal extension. RESULTS: Forty-four out of the 56 patients underwent cervical drainage only (79%) and 12 patients needed both cervical and mediastinal drainage (21%). There were no differences between the two groups in gender (p=0.28), but the MD group was older than the CD group (CD group, 44.2±23.2 years; MD group, 55.6±12.1 years; p=0.03). The MD group had a higher rate of co-morbidity than the CD group (p=0.04). The CD group involved more than two spaces in 14 cases (32%) and retropharyngeal involvement in 12 cases (27%). The MD group involved more than two spaces in 11 cases (92%) and retropharyngeal involvement in 12 cases (100%). Organism identification took place in 28 cases (64%) of the CD group and 3 cases of (25%) the MD group (p=0.02). The mean hospital stay of the CD group was 21.5±15.9 days and that of the MD group was 41.4±29.4 days (p=0.04). CONCLUSION: The predisposing factors of mediastinal extension in DNI were older age, involvement of two or more spaces, especially including the retropharyngeal space, and more comorbidities. The MD group had a longer hospital stay, higher mortality, and more failure to identify causative organisms of causative organisms than the CD group.
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spelling pubmed-33739732012-06-15 Clinical Features of Deep Neck Infections and Predisposing Factors for Mediastinal Extension Kang, Shin Kwang Lee, Seokkee Oh, Hyun Kong Kang, Min-Woong Na, Myung Hoon Yu, Jae Hyeon Koo, Bon Seok Lim, Seung Pyung Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Clinical Research BACKGROUND: Deep neck infections (DNI) can originate from infection in the potential spaces and fascial planes of the neck. DNI can be managed without surgery, but there are cases that need surgical treatment, especially in the case of mediastinal involvement. The aim of this study is to identify clinical features of DNI and analyze the predisposing factors for mediastinal extension. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We reviewed medical records of 56 patients suffering from DNI who underwent cervical drainage only (CD group) and those who underwent cervical drainage combined with mediastinal drainage for descending necrotizing mediastinitis (MD group) from August 2003 to May 2009 and compared the clinical features of each group and the predisposing factors for mediastinal extension. RESULTS: Forty-four out of the 56 patients underwent cervical drainage only (79%) and 12 patients needed both cervical and mediastinal drainage (21%). There were no differences between the two groups in gender (p=0.28), but the MD group was older than the CD group (CD group, 44.2±23.2 years; MD group, 55.6±12.1 years; p=0.03). The MD group had a higher rate of co-morbidity than the CD group (p=0.04). The CD group involved more than two spaces in 14 cases (32%) and retropharyngeal involvement in 12 cases (27%). The MD group involved more than two spaces in 11 cases (92%) and retropharyngeal involvement in 12 cases (100%). Organism identification took place in 28 cases (64%) of the CD group and 3 cases of (25%) the MD group (p=0.02). The mean hospital stay of the CD group was 21.5±15.9 days and that of the MD group was 41.4±29.4 days (p=0.04). CONCLUSION: The predisposing factors of mediastinal extension in DNI were older age, involvement of two or more spaces, especially including the retropharyngeal space, and more comorbidities. The MD group had a longer hospital stay, higher mortality, and more failure to identify causative organisms of causative organisms than the CD group. Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012-06 2012-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3373973/ /pubmed/22708085 http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2012.45.3.171 Text en © The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2012. All right reserved. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Lee, Seokkee
Oh, Hyun Kong
Kang, Min-Woong
Na, Myung Hoon
Yu, Jae Hyeon
Koo, Bon Seok
Lim, Seung Pyung
Clinical Features of Deep Neck Infections and Predisposing Factors for Mediastinal Extension
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title_fullStr Clinical Features of Deep Neck Infections and Predisposing Factors for Mediastinal Extension
title_full_unstemmed Clinical Features of Deep Neck Infections and Predisposing Factors for Mediastinal Extension
title_short Clinical Features of Deep Neck Infections and Predisposing Factors for Mediastinal Extension
title_sort clinical features of deep neck infections and predisposing factors for mediastinal extension
topic Clinical Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3373973/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22708085
http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2012.45.3.171
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