Pediatric empyema thoracis: our surgical experience
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Surgical Strategy of Complex Empyema Thoracis
BACKGROUND The optimal treatment of empyema thoracis has been widely debated. Proponents of pleural drainage alone, drainage plus fibrinolytic therapy, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical (VATS) debridement, and open thoracotomy each champion the efficacy of their approach. METHODS This study examines treatment of complex empyema thoracis between June 1, 1994, and April 30, 1997. Twenty-one...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Surgery Journal
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2349-2902,2349-3305
DOI: 10.18203/2349-2902.isj20210976