Alexander J C, Wolfe W G
Surg Clin North Am. 1980 Aug;60(4):835-49. doi: 10.1016/s0039-6109(16)42186-9.
Empyema is best managed by the physician familiar with the indications and principals of the various procedures used in the treatment of empyema of the thorax. The objective of each modality used to treat empyema is to drain the pleura cavity and to allow full expansion of the lung. If the infected material can be removed and the visceral and parietal pleural approximated, the body will heal the pleural infection. The procedure chosen to treat empyema greatly depends upon the phase of maturation of the empyema when treatment is begun.
脓胸最好由熟悉治疗胸腔脓胸所采用的各种手术指征和原则的医生来处理。用于治疗脓胸的每种方法的目的都是引流胸膜腔并使肺充分扩张。如果能清除感染物质并使脏层和壁层胸膜贴近，身体将治愈胸膜感染。选择何种手术来治疗脓胸很大程度上取决于开始治疗时脓胸的成熟阶段。
