Microbiology and Management of Pleural Empyema

2008 ◽  
pp. 61-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Clark
Keyword(s):  
Pleural Empyema

The method of modeling of III stages of pleural empyema in the experiment

2016 ◽  
pp. 10-16
Author(s):  
Andrei V. Khorinko ◽  
◽  
Pauline V. Kosareva ◽  
Dmitriy G. Amarantov ◽  
Vitaliy P. Khorinko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pleural Empyema

Early Surgical Intervention in Non-specific Pleural Empyema

1985 ◽  
Vol 6 (01) ◽  
pp. 41-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Frimodt-Møller ◽  
H. Vejlsted
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Intervention ◽  
Pleural Empyema ◽  
Early Surgical Intervention

Lung Decortication With Argon Plasma Energy for the Treatment of Chronic Pleural Empyema

2021 ◽  
pp. 155698452110111
Author(s):  
Savvas Lampridis ◽  
Sofoklis Mitsos ◽  
David R. Lawrence ◽  
Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Energy Source ◽  
Surgical Management ◽  
Argon Plasma ◽  
Pleural Empyema ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
Air Leak ◽  
Pulmonary Tissue ◽  
Pure Argon ◽  
Plasma Energy ◽  
Minimal Depth

Lung decortication for the treatment of chronic pleural empyema remains a technically challenging procedure that is associated with bleeding and air leak. The recent advent of pure argon plasma has provided thoracic surgeons with an electrically neutral energy source for dissection and coagulation of pulmonary tissue with minimal depth of necrosis. In this article, we describe the technique of lung decortication with argon plasma energy (PlasmaJet, Plasma Surgical, Roswell, GA, USA) for the treatment of chronic pleural empyema. With appropriate application, the PlasmaJet can facilitate the removal of fibrous cortex with satisfactory hemostasis and aerostasis. Argon plasma energy can potentially be a useful adjunct in lung decortication. Controlled trials are needed to determine its role in the surgical management of advanced pleural empyema.

scholarly journals Organizing Pneumonia and Microvascular Fibrosis as Late Sequelae after a COVID-19 Infection. A Case Report

Surgeries ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-198
Author(s):  
Johan L. Dikken ◽  
Alexander P. W. M. Maat ◽  
Janina L. Wolf ◽  
Henrik Endeman ◽  
Rogier A. S. Hoek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Interstitial Fibrosis ◽  
Pleural Empyema ◽  
Lung Parenchyma ◽  
Endothelial Damage ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Organizing Pneumonia ◽  
Microvascular Damage ◽  
Pulmonary Changes ◽  
Trapped Lung ◽  
Low Grade Inflammation

We report a patient with COVID-19 requiring hospitalization for two weeks, complicated by multiple segmental pulmonary embolisms for which dabigatran was initiated. After clearing the infection, the patient remained asymptomatic for 5 months. He was then readmitted with a spontaneous haemothorax, most likely related to the use of dabigatran, which progressed to a pleural empyema with a trapped lung. The patient underwent a video assisted thoracoscopy (VATS) with decortication. Because of focal abnormalities, biopsies for histopathology were taken from the lung parenchyma. These showed an organizing pneumonia with progression towards fibrosis and arteries with intimal fibrosis. So far, no histopathological reports exist on late pulmonary changes after a COVID-19 infection. The unusual combined presence of microvascular damage and interstitial fibrosis may reflect a pathophysiological concept in which early endothelial damage by SARS-CoV-2 can lead to a chronic state of microvascular damage, low grade inflammation, and early progression towards pulmonary fibrosis.

scholarly journals EXPLORATORY THORACOTOMY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PLEURAL EMPYEMA

1948 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 756-770 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul W. Sanger
Keyword(s):  
Pleural Empyema

scholarly journals Complex pleural empyema can be safely treated with vacuum-assisted closure

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zsolt Sziklavari ◽  
Christian Grosser ◽  
Reiner Neu ◽  
Rudolf Schemm ◽  
Ariane Kortner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pleural Empyema ◽  
Vacuum Assisted Closure

A unique case of Fusobacterium nucleatum spondylodiscitis communicating with a pleural empyema through a fistula

Apmis ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Bonnesen ◽  
Pradeesh Sivapalan ◽  
Hadi Naghavi ◽  
Dennis Back Holmgaard ◽  
Carsten Sloth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fusobacterium Nucleatum ◽  
Pleural Empyema ◽  
Unique Case

scholarly journals P-220THORACOTOMY VERSUS VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY FOR PLEURAL DECORTICATION IN STAGE III PLEURAL EMPYEMA: AN ANALYSIS OF 217 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. i59.2-i59
Author(s):  
Martin Reichert ◽  
B. Pösentrup ◽  
A. Hiebinger ◽  
J. Pons-Kühnemann ◽  
W. Padberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thoracoscopic Surgery ◽  
Pleural Empyema ◽  
Stage Iii ◽  
Video Assisted ◽  
Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Pleural Empyema Secondary to Pyonephrosis

2008 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 285 ◽  
Author(s):  
José María Hernández Pérez ◽  
Pedro Miguel Rodríguez Suárez ◽  
Jordi Freixinet Gilart
Keyword(s):  
Pleural Empyema

An unusual case of pleural empyema in a tsunami survivor

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 344-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideki Ota ◽  
Hideki Kawai
Keyword(s):  
Unusual Case ◽  
Pleural Empyema
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