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New empyema data have been reported by scientists at Kagawa University, Medical Department
2009 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to a study from Miki, Japan, "Closure of the fistula and an appropriate choice of obliterating agents are crucial for the treatment of empyema with bronchopleural fistula." "The choice of the material to be used for obliteration of the pleural space is a difficult one in some patients, such as those with empyema, developing after omentectomy, laparotomy, posterolateral thoracotomy, and so forth. The use of free anterolateral thigh flaps for obliteration of the pleural space generally needs a satisfactory vascular network around the thorax," wrote M. Okuda and colleagues, Kagawa University, Medical Department. The researchers concluded: "We report two successfully treated cases of empyema with bronchial fistula, which were otherwise difficult to manage, in which a free anterolateral thigh musculocutaneous flap anastomosed to the superior thyroid vessels used to obliterate the pleural space." Okuda and colleagues published their study in Annals of Thoracic Surgery (Obliteration of Empyema Space by Vascularized Anterolateral Thigh Flaps. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2009;87(5):1615-1616). For more information, contact M. Okuda, Kagawa University, Faculty Medical, Dept. of General Thorac Breast & Endocrinol Surgery, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki, Kagawa 7610793, Japan. Publisher contact information for the journal Annals of Thoracic Surgery is: Elsevier Science Inc., 360 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010-1710, USA. Keywords: Japan, Miki, Empyema, Laparotomy, Omentectomy, Surgery, Thoracotomy, Kagawa University, Medical Department. This article was prepared by Life Science Weekly editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2009, Life Science Weekly via NewsRx.com.
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