A case of empyema developing thirteen years after a pneumonectomy treated using pedicled omentum which was followed by intestinal obstruction.
Postpneumonectomy empyema is one of the most difficult complications for the thoracic surgeon to treat. We report herein a case of a 62 year old diabetic man who developed empyema 13 years after a pneumonectomy for cancer, which was successfully treated using an omental pedicle flap. Postoperatively, the chest would healed uneventfully, however, a bowel obstruction developed which was subsequently treated by removing the remnant omentum that had adhered to the bowel.
Tsubota
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo Medical Center, Japan.
Hatta
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Yoshimura
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Yanagawa
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D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009852:Omentum / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors