Margarida Mendes, Alexandre Almeida, Rita Costa, Anita Paiva, Mariana Jarnalo, Gonçalo Gandra, Pedro Machado, Ricardo Horta, Rúben Coelho
BACKGROUND: Tuberculous empyema is rare. Its treatment requires oral antituberculous drugs, empyema drainage, and in severe cases, decortication and pneumectomy. In the presence of tuberculosis, lung resection has a high risk of postoperative bronchopleural fistula (BPF) and empyema. Treatment includes drainage, fistula occlusion, dead space obliteration, and infection control. Muscle flap transfer allows BPF occlusion and dead space obliteration. METHODS: This report presents a case of a 63-year-old man with tuberculosis and postoperative BPF with empyema after pleural decortication and left lower lobe resection...
2023: Eplasty