Lung Decortication before Lung lobectomy and lung removal

Lung Decortication

Lung Decortication

Lung Decortication

 What is it?

Lung Decortication is an infection in the pleural cavity. The pleural space is the potential space between
lung and chest wall  Lung Lobectomy.

 The evolution of pleural Lung Decortication outcomes space that is infected , infected and deposition of material on the surface proteins of
lung and chest wall Lung Lobectomy . Infected material deposited in the lung is called a pleural shell .

The pleural space is usually a wet surface , which allows for expansion and contraction of lung
slide smoothly on the inner surface of the chest wall Lung Decortication . Under normal circumstances , no
large amount of fluid , and there is no air in the pleural cavity in Lung Decortication .

The lung is normally before Lung Lobectomy!
fully extended into the chest. When Lung Decortication, lung is compressed by
fluid in the pleural space and the lung becomes "trapped " in the material, can not be fully
swell. The patient may be very short of breath, and usually has a high fever and feels very
ill.


What are the causes?

Empyema before the Lung Decortication most begin as pneumonia. Some patients develop pneumonia with pleural effusion doing Lung Lobectomy .
( Please see related article in the pleural effusion. ) In most patients , pleural effusion Decides
Lung removal treating pneumonia. For unknown reasons, in some patients, no spillage
away, but it infects .

Infected pleural effusion is called empyema. Lung Decortication and Lung Lobectomy
has two components: the fluid in the space , and the shell deposited on the lung pleural and
the chest wall. The vast majority of empyema not respond to antibiotics, or to solve
on their own . The vast majority require surgical exploration and drainage .

Other causes of empyema are mild pleural effusion secondary infections . of
example, a patient with heart failure may develop a pleural effusion .

The same patient may
develop a urinary tract infection . Bacteria UTI enter the blood , and
then infect pleural effusion , resulting in Lung Decortication
A relatively rare cause of empyema in the United States is tuberculosis. Tuberculous empyema
are associated with pulmonary tuberculosis .

How is it treated ?

In the presence of pneumonia , the mainstay of treatment of Lung Decortication is an antibiotic
pneumonia. Along with antibiotics, the infected fluid must be drained and the
pleural peel must be removed from the lung and chest wall as Lung Lobectomy .

If it is determined that Lung Lobectomy the initial process , then a minimally invasive thoracoscopy (VATS ) can be used. ( See related article on this site thoracoscopy elsewhere. )

For small incisions Lung Decortication under endoscopic control , drain the fluid and pleural peel is Lung removal the surface of the lungs and chest wall. Two or three chest tubes called drains are left in the pleural space  Lung Decortication.Lung Lobectomy Usually removed from 4 to 7 days after surgery .

If the process was later discovered Lung Decortication, and the amount and density of the skin is greater pleural
thoracoscopy ability to remove then required thoracotomy. (Please see related
in the article on this site thoracotomy elsewhere. ) At the time of thoracotomy , five or six inches
incision in the chest wall and enters the chest.

 Is Lung removal and the contaminated fluid sent for analysis. Pleural peel is carefully removed from the lung and chest wall in Lung Decortication .
The lung is fully re- developed . Several drains are placed and remain in place for 4-7 days  .

Lung Decortication