Single incision VATS decortication for 3rd stage empyema
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Indications for VATS or open decortication in the surgical treatment of fibrino-purulent stage of parapneumonic pleural empyema.
Open and Video-Assisted Thoracoscopycal pleural decortications are proved and effective surgical procedure in the surgical treatment of pleural empyema in the fibrinopurulent stage. Early referral to surgery gives a better chance of success in VATS pleural decortications than open decortications. Pleural morphology, biochemistry and biology can also affect the outcome of the surgical treatment ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Case Reports
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2050-0904
DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.1743