[Closed thoracic drainage for purulent pleurisy].
In purulent pleuresia, thoracenthesis is the gold standard treatment. Fiblinolytics should be infused through the drain at an early stage in order to prevent or treat fibrotic encystement. The cause of the pleuresia should be treated parallely to the drainage.
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Service de chirurgie thoracique, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France.
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D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010998:Pleurisy / Q000601:surgery*; D013492:Suppuration; D013907:Thoracostomy / Q000379:methods*