Awake video-assisted pleural decortication for empyema thoracis☆
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Empyema thoracis: a role for open thoracotomy and decortication.
BACKGROUND Thoracentesis and antibiotics remain the cornerstones of treatment in stage I empyema. The management of disease progression or late presentation is controversial. Open thoracotomy and decortication is perceived to be synonymous with protracted recovery and prolonged hospitalisation. Advocates of thoracoscopic adhesiolysis cite earlier chest drain removal and hospital discharge. This...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1010-7940
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.08.003