Role of medical Thoracoscopy in the Management of Multiloculated Empyema

Abstract Background The treatment of early pleural empyema depends on the treatment of ongoing infection by antimicrobial therapy along with thoracocentesis. In complicated empyema this treatment does not work and lung will not expand until removal of adhesions. The objective of the current study is...

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Main Authors: Kamran Khan Sumalani, Nadeem Ahmed Rizvi, Asif Asghar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-018-0745-y