Evolving Experience in The Management of Empyema Thoracis
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Evolving experience in the management of empyema thoracis.
The optimal management of paediatric empyema thoracis remains controversial. The objective of the study was to analyse evolving experience in clinical presentation, management, outcome and factors contributing to adverse morbidity in thoracic empyema. Forty-seven patients presenting to a paediatric surgical centre were studied in three consecutive 6-y periods during 1980-97 to compare any chang...
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عنوان ژورنال: Kathmandu University Medical Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1812-2078,1812-2027
DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v9i1.6253