Empyema thoracis in children: A 5-year experience in a Tertiary Care Institute

Empyema thoracis in children: A 5-year experience in a Tertiary Care Institute

Objective: Empyema thoracis (ET) in children is a disease of significant morbidity and mortality. In the event of failure to resolute following intercostal chest tube drainage (ICD), thoracotomy decortication (TDC) remains the treatment of choice. We have reviewed the outcome of management of 96 cas...

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Main Authors: Kartik Chandra Mandal, Gobinda Mandal, Pankaj Halder, Dipanwita Mitra, Bidyut Debnath, Mala Bhattacharya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons
Subjects:
Children
decortication
empyema thoracis
failure
intercostal chest tube
Online Access:http://www.jiaps.com/article.asp?issn=0971-9261;year=2019;volume=24;issue=3;spage=197;epage=202;aulast=Mandal

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