title: [Post-pneumonectomy Empyema Successfully Treated with Negative Pressure Wound Therapy].
abstract: A 61-year-old man underwent right pneumonectomy for primary lung cancer. Four weeks later, he was referred to our hospital for empyema. After 2 months of irrigation with saline, vacuum-assited closure therapy followed by the open thoracotomy was started. After cleaning thoracic cavity bacteriologically, the thoracoplasty and muscle flap transposition was performed, and the empyema completely disappeared.
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Center, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Nana
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Shunsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kitada
mesh_terms: D004653:Empyema / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*