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MediastinitisJonathan Parks, MDKings County Medical CenterDecember 3, 2015
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Case Presentation
69 year-old male from nursing home
PMHx: COPD, asthma, HTN, Afib on pradaxa, PTSD, BPH
c/o ‘pulled pork stuck in throat’
s/p EGD one week prior for UGIB
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Physical Exam
125/74 98.3 75 30 100%
Mild distress, unable to manage saliva
Severe crepitus at base of neck
b/l breath sounds
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Labs
WBC 17.9 HGB 12.5 HCT 38.5 PLT 215
Na 140 Cl 97 BUN 12 Glu 151K 5.0 CO2 29 Cr 0.87
Prot 6.8 Alb 3.9 Lactate 4.6
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EGD
Impacted food bolus at 20 cm
Mucosa erythematous, edematous, friable
No visible perforation
Normal stomach
still w/ dysphagia, unable to tolerate esophagram
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Overnight...
Transferred to SICU, Unasyn
Hypotension, fever and respiratory distress in early AM, intubated
NG tube placed, esophagram in AM
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Course
HD1 - remained intubated, WBC 20. TPN started.
HD3 - extubated, WBC 10
HD5 - clears
HD6 - regular diet
HD7 - discharged
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Questions?
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Mediastinitis
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Outline
Anatomy
Mediastinitis
Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis
Mediastinitis from Esophageal Perforation
Poststernotomy Mediastinitis
Chronic Mediastinitis
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Mediastinum
Thoracic outlet
to diaphragm,
between the lungs
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Anterior
Thymus
Fat
Lymph nodes
Connective tissue
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Middle
Heart
Great vessels
Vagus
Thoracic duct
Lymph nodes
Esophagus*
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Posterior
Paravertebral sulci
Intercostal NVB
Thoracic spinal ganglion
Sympathetic trunk
More lymph nodes...
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(Superior)
Sternomanubrial joint
to
4th thoracic vertebra
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Mediastinitis - Definition (CDC)Diagnosis requires one of the following:
1. Organisms cultured from mediastinal tissue or fluid
2. Evidence of mediastinitis during operation
3. Fever, chest pain, or sternal instability with one of the following
a. purulent drainage from mediastinal area
b. organisms from discharge from mediastinal area
c. mediastinal widening on CXRDUH
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Mediastinitis - Epidemiology
Most common cause = iatrogenic (90% of cases)
Mortality 5-40%!
Post-op from sternotomy = 0.5-1%
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Mediastinitis - EtiologyFour possible sources:
1. Direct contamination (sternotomy, esophageal perforation, trauma)
2. Hematogenous / lymphatic spread
3. Extension from above (neck) or below (retroperitoneum)
4. Extension from lung, pleura, or chest wall
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Acute Mediastinitis
Esophageal perforation (posterior)
Cardiac surgery (anterior, discussed separately later)
Penetrating trauma
Oropharyngeal abscess
Neck surgery
- thyroidectomy, tracheostomy, lymph node biopsy!
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Descending Necrotizing MediastinitisFour criteria:
1. Oropharyngeal infection
2. Mediastinitis on imaging
3. evidence during operation
4. relationship between oropharyngeal and
mediastinal processes
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Microbiology
Anaerobes, gram-negative aerobes
● most common are Strep, Bacteroides
Most infections are polymicrobial
Debilitated pts - candida and aspergillus
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Clinical Features
ACUTE onset
fever, leukocytosis, chest pain
Neck dysphagia, odynophagia
Esophagus dysphagia
Pleura respiratory distress
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Imaging
● CXR○ Mediastinal widening○ gas, air/fluid level○ Pneumomediastinum/Pneumothorax
● Esophagram○ Gastrografin (10-25% false negative) vs. Barium (inflammation)
● CT scan○ 1st Choice!
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Treatment Principles
Expedient diagnosis and treatment
IVF & broad-spectrum Abx
Surgical drainage - varies by etiology
Multidisciplinary approach
Frequent reimaging and redebridement
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Treatment - Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis
● Remember cervical fascial planes
● Agressive cervical debridement
● Upper mediastinum accessible ○ blunt dissection of pretracheal space
○ dissection of retropharyngeal space
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● Thorax, 1997
● Infection extending below carina -> thoracic approach
● meta-analysis of 12 series
● Compared mortality between neck drainage alone (47%)
vs. neck and thoracic drainage (19%)
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Other approaches...
○ Posterolateral thoracotomy
○ Median sternotomy
○ Clamshell
○ Subxiphoid
○ VATS
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● Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2000● Retrospective review, 10 cases● Algorithm for DNM w/ serial debridement and reimaging
q48 hours
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Treatment - Esophageal Perforation
● Nutrition, abx, NGT, PPI, pleural drainage
● Early surgery w/ repair of perforation
○ Muscle/omental/pericardial/pleural flap
○ Covered stentscomplications - migration, ischemia, bleeding, retrieval
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Poststernotomy Mediastinitis
Risk Factors:
● Obesity, DM, COPD, PVD, s/p CABG w/ b/l IMA
Incidence remains constant despite advances (0.5 -1.0%)
Mortality 16-47%
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Poststernotomy - Microbiology
Broad spectrum
● Gram +/- and fungal● Most common S. Aureus
○ others: Aerobic Strep, coag- Staph, Pseudomonas, Enterococcus
● Dx w/ sternal puncture
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Poststernotomy - Treatment
Sternal dehiscence - closed irrigation/VAC
Deep sternal wound infection - flap reconstruction
● Pec major, rectus, free lat dorsi, omentum
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Chronic Mediastinitis
Secondary to acute mediastinitis or granulomatous process
● Histoplasmosis, syphilis, tuberculosis, coccidiomycosis, sarcoidosis, foreign bodies
● Usually asymptomatic unless compression● Surgery only for biopsy and palliation
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Treatment Principles
Expedient diagnosis and treatment
IVF & broad-spectrum Abx
Surgical drainage - varies by etiology
Multidisciplinary approach
Frequent reimaging and redebridement
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