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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Autores principales: Cain, Caitlin J., Margolis, Marc, Lazar, John F., Henderson, Hayley, Hamm, Margaret, Malouf, Stefanie, Khaitan, Puja Gaur
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research Article
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

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