[Post-pneumonectomy XXXX : causes, clinical course, management].

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Between 1984 and 2000 in the Thoracic Surgery Centre pneumonectomies were performed in 947 @entity1 . @entity3509 ( @entity3509 ) occurred in 67 (7%) @entity1 . The aim of this paper were: analysis the reasons of postpneumonectomy @entity3509 appearance, defined bacterial flora, clinical course and optimal management. The causes of @entity3509 were: pleural cavity haematoma (20 @entity1 -29.8%), wound suppuration (18 @entity1 -26.8%), @entity9131 (31 @entity1 -46.2%). These complications appeared singly or together in 49 (73.1%) @entity1 . In 2 (3.0%) @entity1 a long treatment in the Intensive Care Unit because of @entity86 was the cause of @entity281 . In 3 (4.5%) cases the cause of @entity3509 was associated with @entity281 during the operation. In 13(19.4%) cases the cause of @entity3509 was not established. In 55 @entity1 @entity281 of pleural cavities were diagnosed in the first 8 weeks after operations. In 12 @entity1 @entity3509 were established later. 12 (17.9%) @entity1 died during the analyzed 1 year period after operation. In 18 (26.9%) @entity1 @entity281 were caused by only one bacterial strain and in 49 (73.1%) by two or three bacterial strains. The different methods of treatment (thoracentesis, drainage, operation) depending on general condition of @entity1 were done.
