Three cases of chronic @entity4327 treated by decortication are reported with special reference to the indications for surgery. The first @entity1 was a 68-year-old @entity1 who had right chronic @entity4327 with a @entity292 . He underwent open thoracostomy, and decortication was performed after 8 months. The second @entity1 was a 74-year-old @entity1 who had right @entity102 without @entity292 . Open thoracostomy was also performed and decortication was done after 2 months. Postoperative pulmonary function was significantly improved in both @entity1 . The third @entity1 was a 66-year-old @entity1 who had left @entity102 with a @entity292 . He underwent open thoracostomy and left lower lobectomy, and then decortication and the omental pedicle flap method were performed after 4 months. All three @entity1 are still doing well currently. It is concluded that decortication significantly improves pulmonary function in properly selected @entity1 , and that computed tomography is helpful for assessing the re-expansion ability of the collapsed lung.

[Decortication in chronic XXXX --a report of three cases].

@entity4327 :: ('MESH:D016724', 'Disease') :: ['thoracic empyema'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient', 'man'] @entity292 :: ('MESH:D005402', 'Disease') :: ['bronchopleural fistula'] @entity102 :: ('MESH:D002908', 'Disease') :: ['chronic empyema']
@entity4327 :: (MESH:D016724,Disease) :: ['thoracic empyemas']
