Position paper on video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery as treatment of pediatric empyema

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 289-293

  Kokoska, Evan R ^a   Chen, Mike K ^b  

^a Peyton Manning Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decortication; Empyema; Fibrinolysis; Parapneumonic effusions; Thoracoscopy; VATS

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; STREPTOKINASE; UROKINASE;

CHILD; DECORTICATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INCISION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

ALGORITHMS; CHILD; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; HUMANS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 58149514148     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.08.037     Document Type: Review

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