[Interstitial electrophoresis in acute pleural and lung suppuration].

Different variants of interstitial electrophoresis elaborated in the hospital were used with the aim of raising the effectiveness of treatment of acute abscess of the lungs, of abscessing pneumonia and acute empyema of the chest. The principle of electroelimination of medicinal preparations from the vessels or directly from the suppurative cavity into the surrounding tissue is the basis of interstitial electrophoresis. As the result of experimental and clinical observations the following variants of interstitial electrophoresis are proposed: intrapulmonary, endobronchial, cavitary, intracavitary and combined. The use of the proposed method of treatment in acute pleuropulmonary suppuration permitted to achieve substantial raising of the effectiveness of the used complex therapy. The method of interstitial electrophoresis is recommended for wide use in practical pulmonary and thoracic surgery.