Postpneumonectomy empyema treated with a combination of antibiotic irrigation followed by videothoracoscopic debridement.
Bagan
Patrick
P
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Paris V University, Paris, France.
Boissier
Florence
F
Berna
Pascal
P
Badia
Alain
A
Le Pimpec-Barthes
Françoise
F
Souilamas
Redha
R
Riquet
Marc
M
D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods*; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013907:Thoracostomy / Q000379:methods