Delayed referral and gram-negative organisms increase the conversion thoracotomy rate in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for empyema

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1851-1856

  Lardinois, Didier ^a   Gock, Michael ^b   Pezzetta, Edgardo ^b   Buchli, Christian ^b   Rousson, Valentin ^b   Furrer, Markus ^b   Ris, Hans Beat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CALCULATION; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECORTICATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA THICKENING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SEX; SYMPTOM; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TIME; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEBRIDEMENT; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20444373016     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.12.031     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. H. Striffeler, M. Gugger, V. Im Hof, A. Cerny, M. Furrer, H.B. Ris Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for fibrinopurulent pleural empyema in 67 patients Ann Thorac Surg 65 1998 319 323
2. H. Striffeler, H.B. Ris, H.U. Würsten, V. Im Hof, P. Stirnemann, U. Althaus Videoassisted thoracoscopic treatment of pleural empyema A new therapeutic approach Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 8 1994 585 588
3. D. Weissberg, Y. Refaely Pleural empyema 24-year experience Ann Thorac Surg 62 1996 1026 1029
4. Y.J. Cheng, H.H. Wu, S.H. Chou, E.L. Kao Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in the treatment of chronic empyema thoracis Surg Today 32 2002 19 25
5. D.A. Waller, A. Rengarajan, F.H. Nicholson, P.B. Rajesh Delayed referral reduces the success of video-assisted thoracoscopic debridement for post-pneumonic empyema Respir Med 95 2001 836 840
6. P.C. Cassina, M. Hauser, L. Hillejan, D. Greschuchna, G. Stamatis Video-assisted thoracoscopy in the treatment of pleural empyema stage-based management and outcome J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 117 1999 234 238
7. T.A. Angelillo Mackinlay, G.A. Lyons, D.J. Chimondeguy, M.A. Piedras, G. Angaramo, J. Emery VATS debridement versus thoracotomy in the treatment of loculated postpneumonia empyema Ann Thorac Surg 61 1996 1626 1630
8. R.J. Cameron Management of complicated parapneumonic effusions and thoracic empyema Int Med J 32 2002 408 414
9. M.P. Anstadt, C.K. Guill, E.R. Ferguson Surgical versus nonsurgical treatment of empyema thoracis an outcome analysis Am J Med Sci 326 2003 9 14
10. W. Rzyman, J. Skokowski, G. Romanowicz, P. Lass, R. Dziadziuszko Decortication in chronic pleural empyema-effect on lung function Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 21 2002 502 507
11. J.P. Hurley, J. McCarthy, A.E. Wood Retrospective analysis of the utility of videoassisted thoracic surgery in 100 consecutive procedures Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 8 1994 589 592
12. H.P. Liu, C.H. Chang, P.J. Lin, H.C. Hsieh, J.P. Chang, M.J. Hsieh Video-assisted thoracic surgery The Chang Gung experience J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 108 1994 834 840
13. M.L. Silen, K.S. Nauheim Thoracoscopic approach to the management of empyema thoracis Indications and results Chest Surg Clin North Am 6 1996 491 499
14. J.R. Roberts Minimally invasive surgery in the treatment of empyema intraoperative decision making Ann Thorac Surg 76 2003 225 230
15. R.J. Landreneau, R.J. Keenan, S.R. Hazelrigg, M. Mack, K.S. Nauheim Thoracoscopy for empyema and hemothorax Chest 109 1995 18 24
16. D. Bouros, K.M. Antoniou, G. Chalkiadakis, J. Drositis, I. Petrakis, N. Siafakas The role of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in the treatment of parapneumonic empyema after the failure of fibrinolytics Surg Endosc 16 2002 151 154
17. D.A. Waller, A. Rengarajan Thoracoscopic decortication a role for video-assisted surgery in chronic postpneumonic pleural empyema Ann Thorac Surg 71 2001 1813 1816
18. R.P. Lackner, R. Hughes, L.A. Anderson, P.H. Sammut, A.B. Thompson Video-assisted evacuation of empyema is the preferred procedure for management of pleural space infections Am J Surg 179 2000 27 30