Thoracostoma
National Institutes of Health
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Goal: to close the fistula of right main bronchus stump with the use of the vascular occluder of ASD. The clinical case is…
Aim: This retrospective analysis evaluates the advantages of VAC therapy for thoracostoma and presents the difficulties with the…
Empyema toracis can be defined as a purulent pleural effusion. From 1998 to 2003 we treated 106 patients (87 men and 19 women…
A retrospective analysis of the surgical procedure in 1655 patients in twenty years in a university hospital for thoracic…
In contrast to non-specific pleural empyemas in which closed sanitization is sufficiently beneficial, an early application of…
In contrast to the nonspecific pleural empyemas, which are managed effectively by closed methods of débridement, management of…
The method of covering the open postpneumonectomy pleural cavity with skin is used when closure of the thoracostoma is not…
In 4 patients, the postpneumonectomy empyema was connected with a large bronchopleural fistula. The empyema was in all cases…
Since 1967 we have used open window thoracostomy for treatment of 40 postpneumonectomy empyemas. In 10 cases the thoracostomy…