[Surgical treatment of chronic nonspecific empyemas].
Approximately 4% to 20% of all acute empyema turn into chronic empyema despite the up-to-date complex treatment. The authors report their results of the surgical treatment of 38 patients with chronic nontuberculous empyema within a 5 years period. The age of the patients range from 18 to 72 years and they include 26 men and 12 women. Twenty eight were treated by thoracotomy and decortication, 7 underwent video-assisted thoracoscopy and decortication, and 3 thoracoplasty. In one of the patients a latissimus dorsi muscle flap was used.
Uchikov
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Uchikov
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Shipkov
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Prisadov
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Paskalev
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures; D013905:Thoracoplasty; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D013908:Thoracotomy