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Short and long-term outcomes of surgical intervention for empyema in the post-fibrinolytic era
BACKGROUND: Open window thoracostomy (OWT) is indicated for patients with bronchopleural fistula (BPF) or trapped lung in the setting of empyema refractory to non-surgical interventions. We investigated the role of OWT in the era of minimally invasive surgeries, endobronchial valves and fibrinolytic...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8254344/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34215289 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-021-01566-z |