Patient

Age

(years)

Sex

Cause

Treatment

Complications

Hospital stay (days)

Outcome

1

35

M

Bacterial pneumonia

Chest tube drainage

And antibiotics

none

6

Discharged

2

30

M

Bacterial pneumonia

Chest tube drainage

And antibiotics

none

8

Discharged

3

61

M

Bacterial pneumonia

Chest tube drainage

And antibiotics

none

7

Discharged

4

22

M

Bacterial pneumonia

Right thoracotomy with open drainage and decortication, antibiotics

none

12

Discharged

5

26

M

Tuberculosis

Bronchoscopy and right thoracotomy for drainage open decortication and closure of bronchopleural fistula, antibiotics

none

14

Discharged

6

58

M

Bacterial pneumonia

Right thoracotomy with open drainage and decortication, antibiotics

none

11

Discharged

7

54

M

Bacterial pneumonia

Left thoracotomy with open drainage, decortication and drainage of a left upper lobe abscess, antibiotics

Prolonged air leakage, 4 times infusion of FFP through the chest tube was performed but the air leakage continued so a 2^nd operation was needed to suture 5 points of leakage and close the bronchopleural fistula that had created

17

Discharged

8

42

M

Bacterial pneumonia

Left VATS with drainage and decortication, antibiotics

none

9

Discharged

9

71

M

Bacterial pneumonia

Right thoracotomy with open drainage and decortication, antibiotics

none

11

Discharged

10

45

F

Bacterial pneumonia

Right thoracotomy with open drainage and decortication, antibiotics

Septic shock

25

Died

11

48

M

Bacterial pneumonia

Empyema necessitans

Right thoracotomy with open drainage and decortication, antibiotics

Postoperative surgical wound infection

22

Discharged

12

60

M

DLBCL of stomach

Extension of an abdominal process

Left thoracotomy with open drainage and decortication, antibiotics

none

20

Discharged