Observational studyPediatric surgery international2024
The role of the early video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in children with pleural empyema.
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- Comparing the efficacy of video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) vs intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy in children with pleural empyema.Pediatric surgery international · 2025Trial
- Pediatric pleural empyema - decision making beyond imaging - a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
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- Role of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery in Acute Empyema in Children: A Retrospective Analysis.Cureus · 2025Article
- Use of Intrapleural Alteplase in the Treatment of Parapneumonic Effusion in Children: A Report of a 10-year Experience.The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG · 2025Article
- Comment on: "Comparing the efficacy of video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) vs intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy in children with pleural empyema" by Omid et al.Pediatric surgery international · 2025Article
- Missed Foreign Body Aspiration: Fentanyl Patch Leading to Severe Pneumonia and Empyema.Cureus · 2025Article
- Contemporary use of fibrinolytics in the management of pediatric empyema.Pediatric surgery international · 2024Article
- Impact of Initial Surgical Interventions on Empyema Outcomes: Insights From a Cohort Study in Yemen.Cureus · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposePleural empyema (PE) is a collection of purulent material in the pleural space. PE's management in children is a challenge and an inappropriate diagnostic-therapeutic work up can lead to serious short and long-term complications. The aim of this study is to define the correct timing to approach a pediatric PE by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS).
methodsA retrospective observational study was conducted including pediatric patients who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopy for pleural empyema between May 2005 and September 2022.
results62 patients were subjected to VATS for PE (32 in Group Early VATS, 30 in Group Late VATS). It emerged that the elapsed period between the onset of symptoms and surgery correlates in a statistically significant way with the post-operative stay in intensive care (z score 4.3 and p value < 0.0001) and the analysis between early VATS, late VATS and postoperative hospitalization showed a statistically significant reduction of the post-operative hospitalization in the early VATS groups (p value < 0.02).
conclusionsVATS resulted to be safe and effective for the treatment of PE in children, and an early minimally invasive thoracoscopic intervention (early VATS) correlates with better outcomes, specifically in terms of intensive care hospitalization and overall hospitalization.
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