Intrapleural fibrinolytic treatment of multiloculated thoracic empyemas

Acute multiloculated thoracic empyemas incompletely drained by tube thoracostomy alone usually require operation. To avoid a thoracotomy yet treat this difficult problem, intrapleural fibrinolytic agents were employed. Between April 1, 1990, and April 1, 1993, 13 consecutive patients presenting with...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 1994-04, Vol.57 (4), p.803-814
Hauptverfasser:	Robinson, Lary A., Moulton, Anthony L., Fleming, William H., Alonso, Anselmo, Galbraith, Timothy A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Chest Tubes Child Empyema, Pleural - diagnostic imaging Empyema, Pleural - drug therapy Empyema, Pleural - microbiology Female Health Care Costs Humans Instillation, Drug Male Middle Aged Pleural Effusion - chemistry Pleural Effusion - cytology Pleural Effusion - microbiology Radiography Recurrence Retrospective Studies Streptokinase - economics Streptokinase - therapeutic use Thoracotomy Treatment Outcome Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator - economics Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator - therapeutic use
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