ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2020
Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopy is a safe approach in patients with empyema requiring surgery.
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- Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Versus Thoracotomy for Pleural Empyema: Outcomes and Risk Factors in a Retrospective Single-Center Cohort Study.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Article
- WABIP/AABIP statement on therapeutic indications of medical thoracoscopy for benign pleural disease.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026Review
- Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Minor Procedures.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Review
- Ultrasound and Intrapleural Enzymatic Therapy for Complicated Pleural Effusion: A Case Series with a Literature Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Chest wall reconstruction after the Clagett procedure and other types of open-window thoracostomy: a narrative review.Journal of thoracic disease · 2023Review
- A 2.5-cm single-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for stage III tuberculous empyema: a case report.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2023Article
- The uniportal VATS in the treatment of stage II pleural empyema: a safe and effective approach for adults and elderly patients-a single-center experience and literature review.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2022Review
- Minimally invasive treatment of an amebic empyema secondary to the transdiaphragmatic rupture of a liver abscess: a case report.Journal of surgical case reports · 2022Article
- Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in a two-year-old chronic empyema patient: challenges faced in the first case from the Indian subcontinent.Kardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery · 2021Article
- Spectrum of Microorganisms, Antibiotic Resistance Pattern, and Treatment Outcomes Among Patients With Empyema Thoracis: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study From the Bahawal Victoria Hospital Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundEmpyema is a well-known complication of pneumonia, with high morbidity and mortality rates. This warrants direct treatment either with antibiotics and chest tube drainage or surgery. With less invasive surgical approaches such as uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (uVATS), surgical intervention gets a more prominent role early on in the treatment of empyema. The aim of this study was to compare uVATS with the complete VATS (cVATS) approach in empyema, with respect to postoperative complications, hospital length of stay and mortality.
methodsAll cases of empyema that were treated surgically in our hospital between 2006 and 2019 were included in a retrospective database. The preferential surgical approach changed from cVATS from 2006 to 2015, towards uVATS from 2016 and on, based on the experience of the surgical team. The database included pre- and postoperative data, as well as peropartive characteristics.
resultsOne hundred and thirty-seven patients were treated with cVATS and 49 with uVATS. Apart from a slightly reduced kidney function in the uVATS group (57.3±6.3
conclusionsUniportal VATS is a feasible and safe technique for the use in patients with empyema requiring surgery. Even if decortication in stage III empyema is required this can be performed by uniportal VATS.
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