Background: The incidence of acute empyema has increased in various countries; some elderly patients with acute empyema have contraindications for surgery under general anesthesia. Therefore, suitable management based on a patient's clinical condition is required.
Methods: We evaluated the different surgical and nonsurgical therapeutic approaches available for patients with acute empyema. This was a retrospective study of 57 patients with acute empyema who received treatment in our department between May 2015 and February 2019. For patients who did not initially improve with drainage or drainage combined with fibrinolytic therapy, surgery, or additional percutaneous drainage was performed based on their general condition. We compared several clinical factors pertaining to the patients who underwent surgical versus nonsurgical treatment.
Results: Our study showed that the patients with a performance status of 0-2 and an American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status classification of class II or lower underwent surgery safely without major operative complications. The combination of repeated drainage of the pleural cavity and fibrinolytic therapy appeared to be a reasonable nonsurgical management option for patients in poor overall condition.
Conclusion: For an aging population, we think that the combination of repeated pleural cavity drainage procedures and fibrinolytic therapy is a reasonable nonsurgical strategy for the management of patients with acute empyema.
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