Surgical intervention is occasionally required for the treatment of pleural empyema. Semirigid thoracoscopy is a safe and successful surgical approach utilized by interventional pulmonologists, conventionally utilizing flexible forceps and suction as the main tools, but they can sometimes be inefficient for more complicated cases. In debriding a case of multiloculated empyema with semirigid thoracoscopy, we report the novel use of cryotherapy in clearing adhesions from the pleural cavity. We found using the cryoprobe to be more efficient than using forceps and suggest further investigation into its use in medical thoracoscopy.

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胸膜脓胸：在胸腔镜检查中使用冷冻疗法

有时需要手术干预来治疗胸膜脓胸。半刚性胸腔镜是介入肺科医师使用的一种安全且成功的手术方法，通常使用柔性镊子和吸引器作为主要工具，但对于更复杂的病例有时效率低下。在用半刚性胸腔镜清创一例多房脓胸时，我们报告了冷冻疗法在清除胸膜腔粘连中的新用途。我们发现使用冷冻探针比使用镊子更有效，并建议进一步研究其在医学胸腔镜检查中的应用。