Uniportal versus triportal video-assisted thoracic surgery in the treatment of tuberculous empyema
Objective To examine the effectiveness of decortication to treat chronic tuberculous empyema (TE) using uniport video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) versus conventional triport VATS. Methods Data from consecutive patients with stage II or III TE who underwent decortication with either uniport...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2023-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of International Medical Research |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/03000605231169901 |