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(Chest. 1951;20:501-519.)
© 1951 American College of Chest Physicians

Oleothorax Following Pulmonary Resection

NEIL C. ANDREWS M.D.1; DOUGLAS R. MORTON M.D.1; GEORGE M. CURTIS M.D., F.C.C.P.1; and KARL P. KLASSEN M.D., F.C.C.P.1

1 The Department of Research Surgery of The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

1) Oleothorax with sterile olive oil containing penicillin in oil has been used in 20 selected cases.

2) Empyema developed in two cases following oleothorax and was associated in one with bronchopleural fistula and in the other with pleurocutaneous fistula.

3) Oleothorax is reversible and thoracoplasty can be substituted at any time.

4) Hydrothorax occurred in one case as a complication to oleothorax in a patient suspected to have pleural recurrence of bronchogenic carcinoma.

5) Empyema present after pneumonectomy does not contraindicate oleothorax if the empyema cavity is adequately sterilized.






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