title: [Pleural empyema in childhood].
abstract: Empyema is a rare parapneumonic complication in children. The use of antibiotics and closed-tube thoracostomy drainage has superseded operative procedures like decortication even in anaerobic infections. Only a few authors still recommend early decortication. However empyemas based on malformations such as lobar emphysema or cystic lung should be treated surgically.
authors.affiliation: Kinderchirurgische Klinik, Klinikum Mannheim, Fakultät für Klinische Medizin, Universität Heidelberg, Mannheim.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Joppich
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liedgens
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004322:Drainage; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011025:Pneumonolysis; D011677:Punctures
vernacular_title: Das Pleuraempyem im Kindesalter.