eComment: Is video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery really superior to open decortication for empyema thoracis?

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2009 Jul;9(1):78. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2009.203190A.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Chronic Disease
  • Debridement* / adverse effects
  • Debridement* / mortality
  • Empyema, Pleural / diagnostic imaging
  • Empyema, Pleural / mortality
  • Empyema, Pleural / physiopathology
  • Empyema, Pleural / surgery*
  • Forced Expiratory Volume
  • Humans
  • Length of Stay
  • Radiography
  • Recovery of Function
  • Residual Volume
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted* / adverse effects
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted* / mortality
  • Thoracotomy* / adverse effects
  • Thoracotomy* / mortality
  • Time Factors
  • Total Lung Capacity
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vital Capacity