Bismuth Paste Injection for Empyema Thoracis: A 100-Year-Old Method Revisited

Bismuth paste injection into the pleural cavity used to be a treatment for chronic empyema thoracis. This method, however, was long forgotten and scarcely practiced due to advanced surgical techniques and antibiotic therapy. We report a 50-year-old man with chronic empyema thoracis who was successfu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2010-08, Vol.90 (2), p.654-655
Hauptverfasser:	Reda Mahmoud, Talal Ahmed, PhD, Ismail, Nor Izham, MD, Muda, Ahmad Sobri, MMed, Abdul Rahman, Mohd Ramzisham, MS
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the respiratory system Biological and medical sciences Bismuth - administration & dosage Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiothoracic Surgery Chronic Disease Empyema, Pleural - therapy Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Injections Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Ointments Pneumology Remission Induction Surgery
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