OUTCOMES OF VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC DECORTICATION VERSUS CONVENTIONAL OPEN DECORTICATION IN PATIENTS WITH STAGE II OR STAGE III EMPYEMA

OUTCOMES OF VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC DECORTICATION VERSUS CONVENTIONAL OPEN DECORTICATION IN PATIENTS WITH STAGE II OR STAGE III EMPYEMA

Objective: To compare outcomes of video assisted Thoracoscopic Decortication (VATD) with conventional open decortication (COD) in patients with stage–II or stage–III empyema thoracic. Study Design: Prospective comparative study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Comb...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim Baloch, Bilal Umair, Asif Asghar, Muhammad Imtiaz Khan, Muhammad Shoaib Hanif, Azfar Bilal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Army Medical College Rawalpindi 2021-08-01
Series:Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal
Subjects:
conventional open decortications (cod)
empyema thoracic
video-assisted thoracoscopic decortication (vatd)
Online Access:https://pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/5436

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