Role of thoracostomy in the management of postoperative empyema following lung resection: a narrative review of surgical strategies, evolving techniques, and outcomes
Alexey A. Pechetov, Dmitrii A. Volchanskii, Pavel V. Kononets, Vladislav E. Bugaev, Andrei I. Gritsiuta · 2026
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Description
Pechetov and four colleagues review surgery for infected fluid in the chest after lung removal in twenty twenty-six. The infection is rare but grave, above all when a leak opens in the airway stump. One key step leaves the chest cavity open through a window so it can drain and be cleaned. Past reviews treated that step as a last resort drain.
This review treats it as a staged plan: clean the infection, close the leak, build up the patient, then rebuild the chest wall. The authors searched studies from nineteen eighty-three to twenty twenty-five. Open care works as a first step with modest blood loss. Lasting closure needs clean tissue and strong flaps of muscle, they say.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Alexey A. Pechetov, Dmitrii A. Volchanskii, Pavel V. Kononets, Vladislav E. Bugaev, Andrei I. Gritsiuta |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 53 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |