[Diagnostics and thoracoscopic treatment of pleural empyema in younger children].

Autor: Kashin AS, Mamleev IA, Sataev VU, Gumerov AA, Paramonov VA, Vasil'eva NP
Jazyk: ruština
Zdroj: Khirurgiia [Khirurgiia (Mosk)] 2009 (11), pp. 38-41.
Abstrakt: 174 children of all ages with acute destructive pneumonia complicated with pleural empyema were treated during 10 ten years using videothoracoscopic method; among them 74 children were of younger age (43%). General principles of modern diagnostics and videothoracoscopic pleural cavity sanations were formulated. Ultrasonography and computer tomography of the chest carried out in younger children give possibilities for clear differential diagnostics with other diseases. Advantages of endosurgical treatment are proved. Indications for planned recurrent pleural cavity sanations were worked out.
Databáze: MEDLINE