Table 5. Details on reoperations performed for postoperative empyema.

Gender, age (years)	Initial operation/access	Day of reoperation	Reoperation	Predisposing factor	Day of discharge after reoperation
Male, 33	Drainage of empyema and lung abscess/anterolateral thoracotomy	19th	Drainage of empyema and non-anatomic resection of the necrotic lung tissue	Lung and pleural infection Long ICU stay before initial surgery, drug abuse	36th
Male, 71	RLL/anterolateral thoracotomy	29th	Drainage of empyema and lung decortication	Lung infection (neoplastic lung abscess)	23rd
Male, 62	Drainage of traumatic hemothorax/anterolateral thoracotomy	8th	Drainage of empyema	Technical (ineffective chest tube drainage during initial thoracotomy resulting in multiple pleural fluid loculations)	10th
Male, 69	Left pneumonectomy/anterolateral thoracotomy	10th	Drainage of empyema and insertion of irrigation system	Lung infection (large neoplastic cavitary lung lesion colonized with Candida Albicans)	24th
Male, 73	VATS lung and pleural biopsy	10th	Drainage of empyema and lung decortication	Lung infection (atypical mycobacteria)	8th

RLL, right lower lobectomy; VATS, video-assisted thoracic surgery.