Pleural Disease This review discusses the substantial advances that have been made in our
understanding of pleural biology and related pathophysiology, as well as in the …

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery consensus guidelines for the management of
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Pleural infection is a frequent clinical condition. Prompt treatment has been shown to reduce
hospital costs, morbidity and mortality. Recent advances in treatment have been variably …

A best evidence topic in thoracic surgery was written according to a structured protocol. The
question addressed was whether video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical decortication …

Background Although video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) pleural drainage and
decortication have been proven to be effective treatments in the early stages of empyema …

Pleural infection remains a medical challenge. Although closed tube drainage
revolutionised treatment in the 19th century, pleural infection still poses a significant health …

The widely accepted and still increasing use of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) in
pleuro-pulmonary pathology imposes the need to deal with two major pitfalls: the first is to …

Background Open decortication of advanced tuberculous empyema remains standard of
care. As with other aspects of thoracic surgery, minimally invasive approaches are making …

BACKGROUND: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical decortication (VATSD) is widely
applicable in fibrinopurulent Stage II empyema. While, more chronic thick walled Stage III …

Background Thoracic pleural empyema is a collection of pus within a thoracic cavity. In
stage 2 (fibrinopurulent) and stage 3 (organizational), decortication is the only choice. But …