title: [Treatment of chronic empyemas in the pleural cavity].
abstract: The authors present the results of surgical treatment of chronic empyemas of the pleural cavity in 294 patients treated at the Surgical Department in the years 1980-1992. The methods of treatment are discussed taking in consideration the etiology of the empyemas, clinical presentation, coexistent diseases. In 86 patients (29.3%) decortication with partial resection of the lung was carried out (most often a lobe), in 123 patients (41.8%) a decortication was performed, in 8 (2.7%) thoracoplasty, in the remaining 41 (13.9%) drainage of the pleural cavity was carried out. Out of the 245 subjects treated surgically 3 (1.2%) died; in the remaining patients a full recovery was noted. A full recovery was noted in 22 (53.7%) out of the 41 treated with pleural cavity drainage. Eight patients with esophageal-pleural fistulas in the course of a advanced esophageal cancer died due to advanced malignancy. 11 were discharged with chronic drainage. The latter could not be treated surgically due to a existence of high risk factors.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Chirurgicznej Instytutu Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc, Warszawie.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mlekodaj
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Seweryniak
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kołb
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stadnicki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bogdan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dorosz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004322:Drainage; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Leczenie przewlekłych ropniaków opłucnej.