• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제26권11호
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• pp.845-850
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• 1993

Post-Pneumonectomy Empyema[PPE] is a relatively uncommon but serious complication. And the management of it remains a disturbing and controversial area in the field of general thoracic surgery. Many methods have described and have had varying degrees of success. For the purpose of providing the guideline for management of post-pneumonectomy empyema, we reviewed our experiences of treatment of PPE from January 1985. to December 1992. There were 17 cases, which consist 7.9% of all pneumonectomy cases for that period. There were 13 male and 4 female patients with mean age of 47.1$\pm$ 16.2 yrs old. Both chest has the same incidence. The most common disease for prior pneumonectomy was tuberculosis, but the PPE was the most frequently occurred in empyema. The duration between pneumonectomy and PPE was 44.7 $\pm$81.1 months, where 58.8% of patients occurred within 1 month. Fever was the most frequent complaint and wound dischrge was detected in less than half of patients. There were 2 in-hospital mortalities.Mostly, in 13 cases, we did Eloesser operation. Five of them could finish second Clagett procedure, but one had recurrence. Four bronchopleural fistular patients underwent 3 single stage muscle flap closure and 1 direct closure with modified Clagett procedure. None had recurrence. Mean follow-up duration is 30.9\ulcorner22.3 months. There was 1 late death which was not related to PPE but to Malignancy recurrence.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.555-559
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• 1991

Post-pneumonectomy empyema thoracis is an uncommon, but very serious problem. Early diagnosis & adequate drainage followed by thoracoplasty and or myoplasty are very important principles for the management of the empyema thoracis & will enable patient to recover from the toxic effects. During the period of January, 1985 to December, 1990, 13 patients with post-pneumonectomy empyema thoracis were treated in the department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine. There were 10 males % 3 females ranging from 31 years to 79 years of age. The occurrence ratio of left to right side was 8: 5. The underlying pathologic lesions of empyema thoracis were pulmonary tuberculosis[7], lung ca. [2] pneumothorax[2], lung abscess[1] pneumonia[1]. We treatment procedure for post-pneumonectomy empyema thoracis were open window thoracostomy in 10 cases, Clagett procedures in 2 cases, one thoracoplasty, and two cases of Clagett procedures followed by open window thoracostomy in one cases.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.123-125
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• 2017

Malignant tumors associated with chronic empyema have been reported in the literature, and a majority of these tumors are lymphomas. Epithelial tumors originating from the post-pneumonectomy space in patients with chronic empyema are extremely rare. Here, we present the cases of 2 patients with squamous cell carcinoma arising from the pleural cavity after pneumonectomy for chronic empyema.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.368-374
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• 1983

Combined type of primary lung cancer is a very rare form in clinical experience, which is 3 histologically different variants of bronchogenic carcinoma. These type had a well differentiated squamous carcinoma forming keratin pearls, well differentiated adenocarcinoma and pleomorphic undifferentiated cell carcinoma, usually small cell carcinoma. The patient, a male, 49-Y-0, was complaint coughing, mild dyspnea, blood tinged sputum and chest pain. Under diagnosis of lung cancer preoperatively, the right total pneumonectomy was performed with very difficulty such as arrhythmia, ventilation impairment during post operation course. The histology of specimen was disclose as 3 different histological type, combined lung cancer as squamoadenoundifferentiated carcinoma. The mediastinal nodes were freed from metastasis but the parietal pleural metastatic loci was found. The radio & chemotherapy were performed post-operatively. The patient had been experienced empyema at post-pneumonectomy space and then open drainage procedure and thoracoplasty had been added for treatment course. The patient is alive recently.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.276-280
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• 1999

배경: 전폐절제술후 발생한 농흉은 흔하지는 않지만 심각한 합병증을 유발할 수 있다. 그리고 치료는 아직 흉부외과 의사에게 문제로 남아있다. 대상과 방법: 1990년 1월부터 1996년 12월 까지 전폐절제술후 발생한 농흉환자 20례를 분석하였다. 결과: 성별비는 남자가 15명, 여자가 5명 이였으며, 평균 연령은 41.5$\pm$21.5세였다. 좌우비는 8:12였고, 선행질환으로는 폐결핵이 가장 많았다. 폐절제후 농흉이 발생하기 까지의 기간은 1개월에서 6년까지 다양하였다. 가장 흔한 증상은 발열이였고, 포도상구균이 가장 흔한 원인균이였다. 13례에서 기관지 늑막루를 동반하였으며 4명의 환자는 전경심막을 통하여 기관지 절주를 봉합한 후 Clagett 술식을 시행하였고, 그 중 한명은 재발하여 후에 대망과 근육을 이용하여 흉곽 성형술을 받았다. 나머지 9명의 환자에게는 대망과 근육을 이용한 흉곽 성형술을 실시하였다. 기관지 늑막루를 동반하지 않은 7례에서는 모두 흉곽성형술을 실시하였고 이중 2례에서는 근육 충진법을 같이 시행하였다. 평균 추적 기간은 40$\pm$32.3개월 이였다. 사망과 재발은 발생하지 않았다. 결론: 전폐절제술후 발생한 농흉 환자에 있어서 조기 진단과 적절한 배농이 일차적 처치로서 중요하며, 흉곽 성형술과 더불어 대망이나 근육 충진법으로 완전한 치료가 가능하다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권12호
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• pp.1047-1051
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• 1994

Airway obstruction may be caused by extreme mediastinal shift and rotation after right pneumonecotmy or after left pneumonecotomy in the presence of right aortic arch.We experienced such a complication after right pneumonectomy, so called right postpneumonectomy syndrome. The patient was 28 years old female, and 4 month ago she had undergone right pneumonecotomy via video assisted thoracoscopic surgery[VATS] for endobronchial tuberculus dissemination and secondary pulmonary infection. She was treated by mediastinal repositioning which were composed of substernal fixation of pericardium and insertion of expandable prosthesis of 1000 cc capacity. She had good postoperative course and now she feels no obstructive symptoms.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권8호
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• pp.784-787
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• 1995

A 3-year old female who underwent modified Fontan operation for the double outlet right ventricle with hypoplastic left ventricle at the age of 15 month was admitted with hemoptysis, which was developed 4 days prior to visit. Cardiac catheterization revealed that multiple collaterals from descending thoracic aorta supplied the right lung and drained to the right pulmonary artery. Chest magnetic resonance imaging [MRI showed that the right lung was consolidated by the secondary long-term pulmonary congestion. We decided to perform pneumonectomy because the consolidated right lung and the back-flow from the right pulmonary aretry would worsen the present hemodynamic state of patient. Post-operative course was uneventful, and she could be discharged with good general conditions.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.593-597
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• 1992

The bronchopleural fistula[BPF] due to bronchial stump disruption after pneumonec-tomy has remained one of the most dreadful complications to now. The management of the BPF with empyema thoracis are still therapeutic dilemma even though a various surgical methods for the control of BPF with or without empyema thoracis. We have experienced the successful treatment of BPF & empyema thoracis with transsternal transpericardial approach. The patient was a 54 years old male who was taken left pneumonectomy at W. Medical Center at sept, 19th. 1991. He was suffered from the BPF R empyema thoracis and so was transferred to our hospital at Nov. 19th. 1991. We treated the patient with transsternal transpericardial bronchial closure for BPF, and put clagett procedure for empyema thoracis in 2 weeks. We think this kind of surgical techniques is one of the relatively simple and effective method for the control of BPF and empyema thoracis.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.285-291
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• 1980

Post pneumonectomy empyema either with bronchopleural fistula or without bronchopleural fistula is an infrequent postoperative complication, but very serious and critical problem. But it is of some interest that the development of a postoperative empyema following resection for carcinoma of the lung might have a favorable effect on the survival of patients in recent speculation of the literature. We have experienced 4 cases of postoperative empyema following pneumonectomy for carcinoma of the lung at department of chest surgery, Yon Sei University, medical college during 11 years from Jan. 1968 to June 1980. Histologically, 3 cases were demonstrated squamous cell carcinoma except one oat cell carcinoma. Onset of postoperative empyema occurred over a wide range of time, from as early as the 5th postoperative day to insidious onset 6 months after pneumonectomy. The most common organisms isolated from the empyema cavities were staphylococcus aureus, pseudomonas aeruginosa and gram negative bacilli. All cases had a large number of organisms and more infections but not single infection. 2 out of 4 cases are treated with open pleural window drainage and irrigation with antibiotic`s solution 2 or 3 times per week by this time and postoperative general course is not eventful. One is alive to 2 years 3 months, another is alive to 8 years 11 months until now. And 2 out of 4 patients is survived over 4 years 10 months. Analysis of postoperative empyema complicating pneumonectomy for bronchogenic carcinoma revealed an increase in 4 year 10 months survival [50%].

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.540-543
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• 1998

본 례는 65세 남자 환자에서 전폐절제술후에 발생한 기관지 늑막루 및 농흉의 치험례로 일차적으로 만성화하게한 다음 정중흉골절개하 심낭절개로 좌 주기관지를 노출후 자동봉합기(TA 4.8-30)로 좌 주기관지를 이중 결찰 봉합하여 좌측 늑막강내의 염증을 일으키는 원인인 기관지 늑막루를 차단한 다음, 늑막강내의 농흉을 치료함에 있어 흉강경을 이용하여 변형된 Clagett술식으로 내면을 깨끗하게 세척한 후 민감한 항생제를 이용하여 늑막강을 채우고 흉강삽관을 뽑고 그 부위를 봉합하는 방법을 시행하여 잔존 농흉강을 폐쇄하였다.