Minimally Invasive Vacuum-Assisted Closure Therapy With Instillation (Mini-VAC-Instill) for Pleural Empyema

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-356501
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.35650

Hofmann, Hans-Stefan ; Neu, Reiner ; Potzger, Tobias ; Schemm, Rudolf ; Grosser, Christian ; Szöke, Tamas ; Sziklavari, Zsolt

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Abstract

Enthusiasm for minimally invasive thoracic surgery is increasing. Thoracoscopy plays a significant therapeutic role in the fibrinopurulent stage (stage II) of empyema, in which loculated fluid cannot often be adequately drained by chest tube alone. For some debilitated and septic patients, further procedures such as open-window thoracostomy (OWT) with daily wound care or vacuum-assisted closure ...