Treatment of multiloculated empyema thoracis using minimally invasive methods

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 242-246

  Metin, M ^a   Yeginsu, A ^c   Sayar, A ^a   Alzafer, S ^e   Solak, O ^f   Ozgul, A ^b   Erkorkmaz, U ^d   Gurses A ^a  

^a Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Division of Chest Disease

^c GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Department of Biostatistics ^*

^e ACIBADEM HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^f AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Decortication; Empyema; Fibrinolytic therapy; Tube thoracostomy; Vats

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STREPTOKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECORTICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EMPYEMA; RESPIRATORY TRACT HEMORRHAGE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THORAX DRAINAGE; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEST TUBES; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOKINASE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOSTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951914675     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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