cause LCSG member institutions had access to large numbers of patients and had significant experience treating this uncommon cancer. The first trial, LCSG 851, defined the patient population seen by the LCSG, and the feasibility of performing surgical resection by extrapleural pneumonectomy in a multi-institutional setting. Of 83 patients entered on this study from September 1985 to June 1988, ...

BACKGROUND Management of empyema in children has progressed from open thoracotomy to video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of VATS in children with multiloculated empyemas. METHODS Nine children (mean age, 4 years; range, 21 months to 13 years) with empyema, in whom multiple loculations were found on computed tomo...

AIMS To determine the clinical course and long term outcome of empyema treated without decortication. METHODS Fourteen consecutive admissions to one hospital were studied; radiological resolution and lung function were subsequently followed. The children were aged 2-14 years. All were treated with intravenous antibiotics and chest drain only. RESULTS All patients had extensive pleural thick...

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From 1971 to 1977 endomyocardial fibrosis was diagnosed in 7 patients (6 women and 1 man) and the clinical course was followed for 36 months. Five of the 7 patients (70%) showed partial obliteration of both ventricles; in 2 patients the fibrotic lesions were confined to the left ventricle. The main haemodynamic features were restriction to ventricular filling and atrioventricular valve regurgit...