Is video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical decortication superior to open surgery in the management of adults with primary empyema?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-177

  Chambers, Anthony ^a   Routledge, Tom ^b   Dunning, Joel ^c   Scarci, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Parapneumonic effusion; Pleural empyema; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CHRONIC PERSISTENT EMPYEMA; DECORTICATION; EMPYEMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; OPEN DECORTICATION; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED AIR LEAK; REOPERATION; SEPSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL WOUND; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGICAL DECORTICATION; WORK RESUMPTION; AGED; CHEST TUBE; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

AGED; BENCHMARKING; CHEST TUBES; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOSTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957374829     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2010.240408     Document Type: Article

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