Successful Management of a Massive Residual Space Empyema Using Intrathoracic Vacuum-Assisted Instillation

Akmal M. A. Badreldin; Rolf Dieter Bader; Khosro Hekmat

doi:10.1055/s-0032-1330226

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013; 61(07): 642-645
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1330226

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Successful Management of a Massive Residual Space Empyema Using Intrathoracic Vacuum-Assisted Instillation

Autoren

Akmal M. A. Badreldin

¹Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, CardioClinic, Cologne, NRW, Germany

²Department of Cardiology, Catholic Hospital Koblenz-Marienhof, Koblenz, Germany
Rolf Dieter Bader

³Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial and Plastic Surgery, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Jena, Germany
Khosro Hekmat

¹Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, CardioClinic, Cologne, NRW, Germany

⁴Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, NRW, Germany

Abstract

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Abstract

There is no universally accepted single line treatment for residual space empyema. Recently, the vacuum-assisted instillation therapy was applied for wounds in different anatomical positions. However, it has not yet been applied as an intrathoracic management. Herein, we describe the first experience of intrathoracic vacuum-assisted instillation therapy for residual space empyema after extended thoracic surgery. It appears to be an attractive treatment option for patients with large contaminated pleural cavities in preparation for reconstructive surgery.

Keywords

empyema - infection - surgery - complications

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