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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

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

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00021230
Enrollment
88
Registered
2020-04-30
Start date
2019-02-15
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

J98.50 J85.3

Interventions

Group 1: Retrospective data analysis of patients treated at the department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery of University Hospital Freiburg between 1997 and 2018. Recording data of patients

Sponsors

HNO-Uniklinik Freiburg
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients with descending necrotizing mediastinitis treated at the departement of Otolaryngolgy and Head and Neck Surgery between 1997-2018.

Exclusion criteria

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.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Remission, death. Data will be extracted from in-house software.—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Quality of life, dysphagia, comorbidities, patient related data, duration of remission and stationary treatment, complications in the course of the treatment. Data will be extracted from in-house software. Information about the actual status of quality of life will be sampled with the help of above-mentioned questionnaires.—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactThea Reuter

HNO-Uniklinik Freiburg

thea.charlott.reuter@uniklinik-freiburg.de0049 76127041010

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026