An interventional radiology technique to treat pharyngeal or esophageal perforation associated with mediastinal abscess in children

Transnasal placement of mediastinal drainage catheters with nasojejunal feeding tubes offers a minimally invasive approach to pharyngeal or esophageal perforation with mediastinal abscess in children. In 14 pediatric patients, fistulas healed after median 66 days with no recurrence at 4-month follow-up, demonstrating this interventional radiology technique as safe and effective.