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  • 1
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Der Chirurg 69 (1998), S. 1369-1375 
    ISSN: 1433-0385
    Keywords: Key words: Pleural empyema ; Underlying disease ; Operation ; Mortality. ; Schlüsselwörter: Pleuraempyem ; Grunderkrankung ; Operation ; Letalität.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung. Im Zeitalter der Antibioticatherapie stellt das Pleuraempyem eine seltene, aber schwerwiegende intrathorakale Erkrankung dar, dessen Therapie häufig operative Maßnahmen notwendig macht. In einem Zeitraum von 6 Jahren (Juni 1991 bis Juni 1997) wurden 104 Patienten mit einem komplizierten Pleuraempyem an unserer Klinik behandelt. Das metapneumonische Pleuraempyem war mit 41,3 % am häufigsten vertreten. Die direkte Keiminoculation der Pleura erfolgte in 30,8 % nach thoraxchirurgischen Eingriffen. Weitere Grunderkrankungen, die zu einem Pleuraempyem führten, waren die Oesophagusperforation (11,5 %), das ARDS (8,7 %) und eine hämatogene Infektion (7,7 %). Bei 84 Patienten (80,8 %) waren operative Maßnahmen notwendig, wovon 17 Patienten sich mehrfachen thoraxchirurgischen Eingriffen unterziehen mußten. Eine konservative Therapie mit Drainage und testgerechter Antibioticatherapie erfolgte in 20 Fällen. Die durchschnittliche Letalität des Patientenkollektivs betrug 19,2 %. Wobei in Abhängigkeit von der Grunderkrankung eine erhebliche Schwankungsbreite zwischen 8,3 % und 44,4 % zu beobachten war. Mehrfacheingriffe hatten mit 58,8 % eine deutlich höhere Letalität im Vergleich zu der Patientengruppe, die einmalig operiert wurde (10,5 %).
    Notes: Summary. Despite the widespread availability of antibiotics and a declining incidence, pleural empyema still represents a serious intrathoracic disease often requiring surgical treatment for successful therapy. 104 patients with complicated pleural empyema were treated at our hospital between June 1991 and June 1997. In this retrospective study the main causes for pleural empyema were pneumonia in 41.3 % and direct inoculation of the pleural space by major and minor thoracic surgery in 30.8 %. Further diseases leading to an empyma of the pleural space were oesophageal perforation (11.5 %), ARDS (8.7 %) and hematogenous infection (7.7 %). Eighty-four patients (80.8 %) underwent surgery, of whom 17 patients required multiple operations. Conservative therapy with chest tube drainage and systemic application of tested antibiotics was performed in 20 patients. The overall mortality of our patients was 19.2 %, but depending on the underlying disease differed considerably between 8.3 % and 44.4 %. Multiple operations caused by persisting empyema had a significantly higher mortality rate (58,8 %) than single operations (10.5 %).
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    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Surgical endoscopy and other interventional techniques 14 (2000), S. 1010 -1014 
    ISSN: 1432-2218
    Keywords: Key words: Diaphragmatic hernia — Trauma — Diaphragmatic rupture — Laparoscopic surgery — Chilaiditi's syndrome — Hernia
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Background: Traumatic diaphragmatic hernias are serious complications of blunt abdominal or thoracic trauma. In the early posttraumatic period, they are often missed, and they may be followed by a variety of subacute or chronic symptoms due to pulmonary or intestinal obstruction. Methods: We present three cases of traumatic diaphragmatic hernias. Two of them were successfully treated by laparoscopy and direct suturing during the early posttraumatic period; the other was treated 10 years after the trauma. Results: We found that laparoscopy is a safe, successful, and gentle procedure not only for diagnosis but for treatment as well. The postoperative course was uneventful in all cases. All patients remained asymptomatic during long-term follow-up (42–60 months). These results are promising. We expect the same good long-term results after laparoscopic repair as after open conventional surgery. Conclusion: We recommend that surgeons with sufficient experience in laparoscopy use a minimally invasive approach to treat chronic as well as acute traumatic diaphragmatic hernias in hemodynamically stable patients.
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