[Attachment to electric suction pump for automatic regulation of vacuum intensity in the treatment of pleural complications in children].

The authors report on the use of an attachment for automatic regulation of vacuum intensity on a surgical electric sucking pump applied in the treatment of pneumothorax, pyopneumothorax, and pyothorax in children. The suggested attachment causes periodic removal of the exudate and air from the pleural cavity by automatic switching on of the pump and creates favorable conditions for cleansing of the cavity. The attachment of the electric sucking pump is cheap, easy in exploitation, simple in assemblage, and may be used for cleaning the pleural cavity with high precision of the necessary degree of exhaustion.