Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Emerging as a Primary Treatment for Empyema Thoracis
Introduction: The current treatments of empyema include tube thoracostomy with or without the instillation of fibrinolytics, Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS), and an open thoracotomy with decortication. Success has been reported for all of these techniques. VATS has been suggested as the...
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2018-03-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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| Online Access: | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/11344/28601_F(AnG)_PF1(MJ_AP_AnG)_PFA(MJ_AnG)_PB(MJ_AP)_PN(AP).pdf |