自1992年起，我们采用胸腔灌洗方法治疗5例急性脓胸患者，取得了良好的效果。现报告如下。1临床资料5例脓胸患者中男4例．女1例；年龄5～58岁；食管、责门癌术后吻合口疾致左侧脏胸3例（口服美兰引流液兰染而确诊）．黄门癌术后左侧胸腔感染1例，金葡萄性肺炎致右侧胶胸1例，患 Since 1992, we have used pleural lavage to treat 5 patients with acute empyema and achieved good results. The report is as follows. 1 Clinical data 5 cases of empyema in 4 patients with male. Female 1 cases; aged 5 to 58 years; esophageal, responsible for postoperative anastomotic disease caused by left dirty chest in 3 cases (oral Meilan drainage blue dye confirmed). One case of left-sided thoracic cavity infection of yellow door cancer, 1 case of right plastic chest caused by golden grape pneumonia