Conservative Management of Non-tuberculous Pleural Fibrosis in Malnourished Children.
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Summary: Eighteen cases of pleural fibrosis, following drainage of empyema thoracis in malnourished children are presented. Apart from antibiotics and supportive treat ment, decortication was not performed in any of the subjects, although there was incomplete expansion of the lungs in 15 patients. There was complete lung expansion in all the patients within one year of follow-up. It is concluded that pleural fibrosis complicating drainage of non-tuberculous empyema thoracis in malnourished children, will resorb completely without decortication.
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