Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2016
A 27-year-old woman has been treated in a surgical department for pleural empyema for 6 months. Multiple paracenteses of the pleural cavity were performed along with antibacterial treatment. The patient's condition is slowly aggravating; attempts to fully stretch the lung were unsuccessful. Choose the tactics:
Answer options
- Set constant active suction drain
- Pulmonectomy
- Change antibiotics
- Include hyperbaric oxygenation in the treatment
- Decortication of the lung
Correct answer
Decortication of the lung
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