Surgical Treatment for Empyema after Lung Transplantation.
- Author:
Seok Jin HAAM
1
;
Hyo Chae PAIK
;
Chun Sung BYUN
;
Daejin HONG
;
Dong Uk KIM
;
Doo Yun LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Yongdong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea. hcpaik@yuhs.ac
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Lung transplantation;
Empyema;
Lung, decortication
- MeSH:
Empyema;
Lung;
Lung Transplantation;
Transplantation, Homologous
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2010;43(1):108-112
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Empyema after lung transplantation causes dysfunction of the allograft, and it has the potential to cause mortality and morbidity, but the technical difficulty of surgically treating this empyema makes this type of treatment unfavorable. We report here on two cases of decortication for empyema after lung transplantation.
