Postpneumonectomy empyema treated with a combination of antibiotic irrigation followed by videothoracoscopic debridement

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006 Sep;132(3):708-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.05.014.

Authors

Patrick Bagan¹, Florence Boissier, Pascal Berna, Alain Badia, Françoise Le Pimpec-Barthes, Redha Souilamas, Marc Riquet

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Paris V University, Paris, France.

PMID: 16935143
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.05.014

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Aged
Combined Modality Therapy
Debridement / methods*
Empyema, Pleural / etiology*
Empyema, Pleural / surgery*
Female
Humans
Male
Pneumonectomy / adverse effects*
Therapeutic Irrigation
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted*
Thoracostomy* / methods