Approach to Empyema Necessitatis

• Published in: World journal of surgery Vol. 35; no. 5; pp. 981 - 984
• Main Authors: Akgül, Asli Gül, Örki, Alpay, Örki, Tülay, Yüksel, Mustafa, Arman, Bülent
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer-Verlag 01.05.2011; Springer‐Verlag; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abdominal Surgery; Bacterial diseases; Bacterial diseases of the respiratory system; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiac Surgery; Chest Tube; Chest Tube Drainage; Empyema, Tuberculous - surgery; General aspects; General Surgery; Human bacterial diseases; Infectious diseases; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Open Drainage; Pleural Space; Surgery; Thoracic Surgery; Tube Thoracostomy; Vascular Surgery; Open Drainage; Chest Tube Drainage; Pleural Space; Tube Thoracostomy; Chest Tube; Infection; Medicine; Empyema; Treatment; Surgery

Background Thoracic empyema is a collection of pus in the pleural space. Empyema necessitatis is a rare complication of empyema, characterized by the dissection of pus through the soft tissues of the chest wall and eventually through the skin. We present nine cases of empyema necessitatis, including...