Use of hypertonic urea solution in the treatment of pleural empyema
- Authors: Strelkov G.N.1, Korepanov A.M.1
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Affiliations:
- Izhevsk Medical Institute of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Issue: Vol 70, No 3 (1989)
- Pages: 184-185
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/kazanmedj/article/view/99851
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/kazmj99851
- ID: 99851
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Abstract
Our experience covers 8 cases, all of them clinically severe. Prior to that all patients were treated without effect in different medical institutions. In 2 patients a pleural empyema was complicated by an extensive soft tissue phlegmon caused by medical manipulations (installation of a Bühlau drain). After suction of purulent contents through a puncture needle, 40 to 60 ml of 30% urea solution was injected into the pleural cavity. The same procedure was repeated 4-6 times in 1-2 days. Phlegmons were opened with lombard incisions. Dressings were done daily using the same 30% urea solution. All empyemas were sanitized to a dry pleural cavity. Phlegmons also healed without leaving deep scars.
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G. N. Strelkov
Izhevsk Medical Institute of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
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Russian Federation, Izhevsk
A. M. Korepanov
Izhevsk Medical Institute of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
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Russian Federation, Izhevsk