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Can intrapleural alteplase treatment be an alternative to videothoracoscopic deloculation and decortication in pleural empyema?

INTRODUCTION: Chest tube drainage is the first step in the management of complicated pleural effusions that have turned into empyema. In cases where adequate drainage cannot be provided or deloculation is required, intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy or surgical deloculation can be performed. Alteplas...

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Autores principales: Kermenli, Tayfun, Azar, Cebrail
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8512508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34691309
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/wiitm.2021.103920