Image-guided catheter drainage of the infected pleural space
- 1 September 1991
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Thoracic Imaging
- Vol. 6 (4) , 65-73
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005382-199109000-00014
Abstract
Thoracic empyema occurs at all ages and has reported mortality rates of 10% to 75%. Most authors agree that complete drainage of complicated effusions or organized empyemas and reexpansion of atelectatic lung are important in obtaining a satisfactory clinical outcome. For initial tube drainage, a 26-F to 36-F chest tube traditionally has been inserted at the bedside. The results of this method of empyema evacuation have varied widely, with an overall cure rate reported to be 47%. Image-guided placement of smaller 8-F to 14-F catheters has been offered as an alternative therapy with an overall reported cure rate of 81% in 104 patients.Keywords
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