Toracostomía abierta: En ocasiones la mejor opción

Translated title of the contribution: Open thoracostomy: Sometimes the best option

Camilo Ramírez-Giraldo, Fiamma Vásquez, Mauricio Peláez-Arango

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Abstract

The surgical treatment of empyema has evolved from Hippocratic medicine over the years, with drainage as its premise. With medical advances, the minimally invasive approach has become the standard, leaving aside other surgical techniques. Open thoracostomy, in selected patients, may become the last and best option for the control of the infectious focus: it is a surgical option for the treatment of empyemas in morbid patients and in the organization phase when other treatments have failed, with an acceptable morbidity and mortality. This technique should be in the surgeon’s therapeutic arsenal. We present a series of four cases of patients with empyema in the organization phase, in which the surgical risk was very high, so it was decided to perform an open thoracostomy, which turn out successful.

Translated title of the contributionOpen thoracostomy: Sometimes the best option
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)60-65
Number of pages6
JournalRevista Colombiana de Cirugia
Volume36
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 7 2021

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Surgery

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