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Thoracoplasty for Postpneumonectomy Empyema Associated with Bronchopleural Fistula: A Case Series

Nyal Borges
1   Department of Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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Sibu Saha
2   Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
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12. Dezember 2014 (online)

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Abstract

Thoracoplasty is a historical procedure, initially devised for the treatment of refractory tuberculous empyema. Advances in medical treatments have nearly eliminated the need for this surgical procedure in pulmonary tuberculosis and it is rarely performed or taught in modern day surgical practice. However, few indications still exist, most prominently, in the treatment of postpneumonectomy refractory empyema often but not always associated with a bronchopleural fistula. In this case report, we present two cases of postpneumonectomy refractory empyema treated by thoracoplasty with long-term follow-up.