Prosthesis for Open Pleurostomy (POP): Management for Chronic Empyemas

• Published in: Clinics (São Paulo, Brazil) Vol. 64; no. 3; pp. 203 - 208
• Main Authors: Filomeno, Luiz Tarcísio Brito, de Campos, José Ribas Milanez, Machuca, Tiago Noguchi, Neves-Pereira, João Carlos das, Terra, Ricardo Mingarini
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Elsevier España, S.L.U 01.03.2009; Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Medicina / USP; Elsevier España
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Chronic Disease; Clinical Sciences; Drainage - instrumentation; Drainage - methods; Empyema; Empyema, Pleural - surgery; Female; Humans; Male; MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL; Middle Aged; Open Pleural Window; Pleural Effusion; Pleurostomy; Prosthesis Implantation; Pulmonary Decortication; Thoracostomy - instrumentation; Thoracostomy - methods; Treatment Outcome; Young Adult; Pleurostomy; Empyema; Pleural Effusion; Open Pleural Window; Pulmonary Decortication

We developed a prosthesis for open pleurostomy cases where pulmonary decortication is not indicated, or where post-pneumonectomy space infection occurs. The open pleural window procedure not only creates a large hole in the chest wall that is shocking to patients, also results in a permanent deforma...