VATS thoracoscopic decortication for empyema thoracic. A retrospective experience and analysis of 162 cases
| Autor: | Usama Zafar, Nabeela Farhan, Ahmad Raza, Sohail Saqib Chatha, Farhan Ahmad Majeed, Ahmad Ali |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Consultant surgeon medicine.medical_treatment Empyema thoracis medicine Humans Pakistan Empyema Pleural Retrospective Studies Thoracic Surgery Video-Assisted business.industry Mean age Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Middle Aged Decortication medicine.disease Empyema Surgery Microbiological sampling Thoracotomy Female business Surgical site infection |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. :1-10 |
| ISSN: | 0030-9982 |
| DOI: | 10.47391/jpma.431 |
| Popis: | Objective: To analyse the experience of empyema thoracis management using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. Method: The retrospective study was conducted at the Combined Military Hospitals, Rawalpindi and Lahore, Pakistan, and comprised data of empyema thoracis cases who underwent thoracoscopic decortications by the same consultant surgeon between January 2009 and 2018. Uniportal or multiportal video-assisted thoracoscopic decortications was done. Histopathology and microbiological sampling were done in all cases. Results: of the 162 cases, 114(70.4%) were done on males and 48(29.6%) on females. The overall mean age was 44±16.37 years. Three ports were utilised in 58(36%) patients. Hospital stay of 122(75.3%) patients was |
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