Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery in a 1-month-old Infant with Pleural Empyema
Pleural empyema is a frequent complication of bacterial pneumonia in childhood but is rare in neonates. Various modalities of treatment from intravenous antibiotics, chest tube drainage, intrapleural fibrinolytic agent installation, video-assisted thoracostomy to surgical decortication have been sug...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2006-01-01
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Series: | Journal of the Formosan Medical Association |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664609601790 |