[Hyperbaric oxygen therapy as an adjunctive treatment for acute mediastinitis due to oesophageal perforation: a case report].

In spite of antibiotic treatment, of progress of resuscitation and surgery, acute posterior mediastinitis remains associated to a high mortality. We report a case of man with posterior mediastinitis by performing of the cervical oesophagus. While his state remained still with the classic treatment, the contribution of the hyperbaric oxygen therapy quickly improved his state. This therapeutics in addition in the usual treatment could improve the survival in this affection.