Study of treatment of tuberculous encapsulated pleurisy
ZHANG Zhi-qiang
MA Yong-chang
Abstract：Objective To explore a new therapy of tuberculous encapsulated pleurlsy.Method The encapsulated tuberculous encysted pleurisy patients were divided into 3 groups:group A had central venous catheter for plettral cavity drainage of pleural effusion and a daily injection of urokinase 100 000 U through the drainage tube.Group B(66 patients)were treated by a central venous catheter for drainage of pleural fluid only.Group C of 58 cases got pleural puncture and extraction of conventional pleural effusion 2 or3 times a week.Three groups of patients got the same chemotherapy as 2HREZ/10HR.Results After two months'treatment,the effective rate,markedly effective rate and total effective rate was 89.2%,9.2%and 98.5%(group A);81.8%,12.1%,93.9%(Group B)was and 8.6%,58.6%,67.2%in group C.After twelve months'treatment,the total effective rate of group A was higher than that of group B and group C.Conclusion Central venous catheter implantation plus intrapleural urokinase is effective for treating encysted pleurisy.
Keywords：PleurisyTreatmentTuberculous
Publication Date：2010-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 30-32 )