PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - PE Postmus
AU  - JM Kerstjens
AU  - WJ de Boer
AU  - JN Homan van der Heide
AU  - GH Koeter
TI  - Treatment of post pneumonectomy pleural empyema by open window thoracostomy
AID  - 10.1183/09031936.93.02090853
DP  - 1989 Oct 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - 853--855
VI  - 2
IP  - 9
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/2/9/853.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/2/9/853.full
SO  - Eur Respir J1989 Oct 01; 2
AB  - In 13 patients an open window thoracostomy (OWT) was performed for post pneumonectomy pleural empyema. The operation, and life with an OWT cavity, were tolerated well. Early closure of an OWT is not advisable because of a high chance of recurrence of the infection and, in lung cancer patients also the risk of tumour relapse within two years after tumour surgery.