Bismuth paste injection for empyema thoracis: a 100-year-old method revisited.
Bismuth paste injection into the pleural cavity used to be a treatment for chronic empyema thoracis. This method, however, was long forgotten and scarcely practiced due to advanced surgical techniques and antibiotic therapy. We report a 50-year-old man with chronic empyema thoracis who was successfully treated with bismuth paste injection after a failed surgical decortication and a long-term chest drainage. This case highlights a trial of a 100-year-old method of bismuth paste injection which proved effective after standard measures had failed.
Reda Mahmoud
Talal Ahmed
TA
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart and Lung Centre, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. treda2001@hotmail.com
Ismail
Nor Izham
NI
Muda
Ahmad Sobri
AS
Abdul Rahman
Mohd Ramzisham
MR
D001729:Bismuth / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009824:Ointments; D012074:Remission Induction
D009824:Ointments; D001729:Bismuth