Experience of differential diagnosis of pleural diseases, accompanied by pleuroabdominal pain syndrome, simulating «an acute abdomen», was summarized. In a pleural exudate syndrome such a course was noted in 17 (3%) patients, of them 7 (1.23%) were operated on; and in a syndrome of spontaneous pneumothorax – in 3 (1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn coincidence of chronic phthisic pleuritis in a rigid stage with pulmonary tuberculosis operative intervention is indicated of a pleuropulmonectomy type, what is a complex situation for performance and preservation of the patient's functional state. Pleuropulmonectomy in some patients is complicated by empyema and pathological processes in bronchi. Possibilities of operative interventions application, alternative to pleuropulmonectomy, were studied.
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