Application of Vacuum-Assisted Closure Device in Management of Postpneumonectomy Empyema.
10.5090/kjtcs.2013.46.2.153
- Author:
Suk Ho SOHN
1
;
Chang Hyun KANG
;
Se Hoon CHOI
;
Young Tae KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea. chkang@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Negative-pressure wound therapy;
Empyema;
Pneumonectomy
- MeSH:
Empyema;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Lung Neoplasms;
Lymph Node Excision;
Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy;
Outpatients;
Pneumonectomy;
Recurrence
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2013;46(2):153-155
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 57-year-old man was diagnosed with lung cancer and underwent pneumonectomy and mediastinal lymph node dissection. He was discharged without acute complications, but on a regular outpatient follow-up, he was readmitted with postpneumonectomy empyema. He was successfully treated with a vacuum-assisted closure device and for 1 year period of outpatient follow-up, there was no recurrence of empyema or lung cancer.
