Postpneumonectomy and postlobectomy empyema.
Although similar strategies are used in the management of PPE and PLE, these conditions need to be viewed as two separate entities. For the purpose of devising the appropriate management strategy, PPE should be divided into early and late, with and without mediastinal induration and extensive pleural space contamination. If at all possible, PLE should be managed as a postpneumonic empyema with prolonged chest tube drainage. The key to these conditions is prevention.
Gharagozloo
Farid
F
Washington Institute of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The George Washington University Medical Center, 2175 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA. gharagozloo@aol.com
Margolis
Marc
M
Facktor
Matthew
M
Tempesta
Barbara
B
Najam
Farzad
F
D003646:Debridement; D004322:Drainage; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D035422:Pleural Cavity / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013908:Thoracotomy