Kazan medical journalKazan medical journal0368-48142587-9359Eco-Vector8792010.17816/kazmj87920Research ArticleTreatment of pleural empyema complicated by chest wall phlegmonGorshkovY. I.info@eco-vector.comTutikovV. I.info@eco-vector.comGorshkovV. Y.info@eco-vector.com150519836432252261211202112112021Copyright © 1983, Eco-Vector1983<p>We observed 16 patients (15 men, 1 woman) with purulent pleurisy complicated by chest phlegmon. The age of the patients ranged from 8 to 62 years. In 4 of them, the process was localized on the left, in 12 - on the right. Phlegmon within the boundaries of the chest was found in 4 patients, with a spread to the abdominal wall, retroperitoneal space in 10, with a spread to the abdominal wall, retroperitoneal space in 10, with a seizure of the buttocks, hips, scrotum - in .2. Extensive purulent phlegmon was noted in 7 patients, putrefactive with a necrotic component in 9. Staphylococcus aureus and E. coli were sown from the pus.</p>Kazan Medical archiveКазанский медицинский архив