Table 1 Summary of characteristics of all 95 patients considered in the study
From: Surgical management of descending necrotizing mediastinitis: strategy for thoracic interference
Patient characteristics | Type | No of patients | % of patients |
|---|---|---|---|
Admission year | 2010–2016 | 47 | 49.47 |
2016–2020 | 48 | 50.53 | |
Age | 16–82 | 95 | 100.00 |
Gender | Male | 71 | 74.73 |
Female | 24 | 2.26 | |
Admission reason | Dyspnea | 2 | 2.10 |
False teeth falling | 1 | 1.05 | |
Stuck fishbone | 2 | 2.10 | |
Neck pain and selling | 90 | 94.73 | |
Associated health conditions | Teeth decay | 14 | 14.73 |
Tonsilities | 7 | 7.36 | |
Tracheal injury | 1 | 1.05 | |
Foreign body in esophagus | 2 | 2.10 | |
Prevailing symptoms | Fever | 30 | 31.57 |
| Â | Pleural effusion, right | 11 | 11.57 |
| Â | Pleural effusion, left | 7 | 7.36 |
| Â | Pleural effusion, bilateral | 10 | 10.52 |
| Â | pericardial effusion | 4 | 4.2 |
Infection | Streptococcus | 17 | 17.89 |
Klebsiella Pneumoniae | 8 | 8.4 | |
Treatment | Thoracotomy | 47 | 49.47 |
Thoracic interference with neck incision | 25 | 26.32 | |
Only neck incision | 3 | 3.16 |