METHOD FOR DRAINING PLEURAL CAVITY FROM POSTERIOR MEDIASTINUM SIDE IN CASES OF PURULENT PLEURISY AGGRAVATING POSTERIOR PURULENT MEDIASTINITIS

摘要

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves opening posterior mediastinum in anterior extrapleural supradiaphragmatic access. Draining tube is introduced into the pleural cavity through the area the mediastinal pleura transforms into diaphragmatic one at the esophagus level. The posterior mediastinum is drained through lateral openings of the same or the second draining tube set in parallel to the introduced one at the esophagus level. EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness and reliability of drainage in treating purulent pleurisy cases. 4 dwg