title: [Pleural empyema as a complication of gastrointestinal interventions].
abstract: The diagnosis of empyema following gastrointestinal operations is usually established at an early stage (Stage I/II in 23 of our own 29 patients). The decisive factor in therapy is the careful and precise insertion of a drainage tube under radiologic control (ultrasound, CT) followed by efficient suction drainage. Nevertheless mortality in this special group of postoperative septic complications was 56%, since extrathoracic sepsis could not always be eliminated promptly enough when diffuse peritonitis was the source of sepsis.
authors.affiliation: Klinikum Grosshadern, Chirurg. Klinik und Poliklinik, LMU München.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sunder-Plassmann
mesh_terms: D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000601:surgery*; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013369:Subphrenic Abscess / Q000601:surgery; D013396:Suction; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D013908:Thoracotomy
vernacular_title: Das Pleuraempyem als Komplikation gastrointestinaler Eingriffe.