SURGICAL TREATMENT OF EMPYEMA.

The Surgical Treatment of Empyema

of coughing, and sweated profusely, especially at nights. On examining the chest I found signs of fluid at the right base, and on 12th February 1882 removed by aspiration 12 oz. of pus. At first he was entirely relieved, but by the fourth day his difficulty in breathing had in great part returned, and fluid was reaccumulating in the chest. After this he gradually recovered, and by the middle of...

Early Aggressive Surgical Treatment of Multiloculated Empyema

BACKGROUND Empyema is the collection of purulent exudate within the pleural space. Overall, 36%-65% of patients with empyema cannot be treated by medical therapy alone and require surgery. Multiloculated empyema is particularly difficult to treat with percutaneous drainage. Therefore, we describe our experiences with early aggressive surgical treatment for rapid progressive multiloculated empye...

[Surgical treatment of pleural empyema in children].

Surgical management of empyema.

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Thoracic surgery as a specialty had its beginning in the surgical treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis and its pleural space problems. This began with using sand bags and positioning of patients with the diseased side down. Fowler (1893) and Delorme (1894) were the first physicians to describe how to free the entrapped lung and in 1886 Delorme first used the term decortica...

modern surgical techniques in treatment of patients with cleft lip & cleft palate

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