A.I. BURNASYAN FMBC CLINICAL BULLETIN

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State Research Center −Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical
Center of Federal Medical Biological Agency

The journal is published in Russian.
Format – A4.
The periodicity of the journal is 4 times a year.

Issue №1, 2026

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A.I. Burnasyan  FMBC clinical bulletin. 2026 № 1

A.V. Nikulin1, A.I. Romanikhin2, E.G. Gandybina1, S.K. Gogoleva1, S.S. Karpina1, T.V. Khorobrykh1

Surgical Tactics for the Treatment of a Type-Associated Pleural Empyema

1I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Russia , Moscow, Russian Federation
2City Clinical Hospital named after I.V.Davydovsky of the Department of Health of the city of Moscow,  Russian Federation

Contact person: Nikulin Andrey Vladimirovich: nikulin5642@gmail.com

 

Abstract
Purpose: according to literature data, mortality in pleural empyema reaches 28 %. Issues related to the treatment of pleural empyema are widely covered in the literature, but there are not many publications on the treatment of covid-associated pleural empyema. This article is devoted to the treatment of covid-associated pleural empyema.

Keywords: bronchopleural fistula, classification of pleural empyema, covid-associated pleural empyema, pleural empyema

For citation: Nikulin A.V., Romanikhin A.I., Gandybina E.G., Gogoleva S.K, Karpina S.S., Khorobrykh T.V. Surgical Tactics for the Treatment of a Type-Associated Pleural Empyema. A.I. Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center Clinical Bulletin. 2026.1:58-62. (In Russian) DOI: 10.33266/2782-6430-2026-1-58-62

 

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Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Financing. The study had no sponsorship.
Contribution. Article was prepared with equal participation of the authors.
Article received: 29.11.2025. Accepted for publication: 27.12.2025

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