Comparison of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and open surgery in the management of primary empyema

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 255-259

  Zahid, Imran ^a   Nagendran, Myura ^b   Routledge, Tom ^c   Scarci, Marco ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

open window thoracostomy; parapneumonic effusion; pleural empyema; thoracomyoplasty; treatment; video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STREPTOKINASE; UROKINASE;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DEBRIDEMENT; DECORTICATION; EMPYEMA; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; REVIEW; THORACOMYOPLASTY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX EMPYEMA; THORAX SURGERY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; HUMANS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 79958849158     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e3283473ffe     Document Type: Review

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