Aetiopathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment and quality of life in the long-term in patients with deep-neck infections and mediastinitis at the department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery of University Hospital Freiburg
- Conditions
- J98.50J85.3Abscess of mediastinum
- Registration Number
- DRKS00021230
- Lead Sponsor
- HNO-Uniklinik Freiburg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 88
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with descending necrotizing mediastinitis treated at the departement of Otolaryngolgy and Head and Neck Surgery between 1997-2018.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with an acute mediastinitis resulting from nondescending causes, such as iatrogenic e.g. poststernotomy. Patients who refused after sending them the questionnaires.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method