Journal article
Timing of video-assisted thoracoscopic debridement for pediatric empyema
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Video-assisted thoracoscopic debridement (VATD) is a new method of managing pediatric empyema. The purpose of this retrospective study was to determine the relation between the timing of VATD and its success in avoiding the need for open decortication.
STUDY DESIGN: Twenty-one children aged 3 to 16 years (mean, 8 years) with symptomatic, loculated, parapneumonic empyema were treated with VATD at two tertiary pediatric centers …
Authors
Klena JW; Cameron BH; Langer JC; Winthrop AL; Perez CR
Journal
Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Vol. 187, No. 4, pp. 404–408
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
October 1998
DOI
10.1016/s1072-7515(98)00190-2
ISSN
1072-7515