after minimally invasive VATS procedures. The cumulative incidence of postoperative infections (including wound infection, pneumonia, empyema) was similar after lung wedge re-section and after ...

Pleural empyema is most often seen in people with ... As with hemothorax, a thoracotomy or VATS surgery may needed in severe cases. The pleura is a two-layered membrane covering the lung.

Methods: Children with empyema were prospectively enrolled over a 3-year period into a randomised clinical trial of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus percutaneous chest drain insertion and ...

The pleura (plural: pleurae) is a two-layered membrane that covers the lung. Between the layers is a small amount of lubricating fluid, known as pleural fluid, which helps cushion the lung and reduce ...

empyema and parapneumonic effusion]. The outcomes assessed included length of hospital stay, mortality, sepsis, surgery, VATS, decortication, intensive care, death and a number of patient centred ...

A woman in her late 70s presented to the emergency department with acute respiratory distress, four days after localised trauma to the right side of the chest. Diagnostic investigations revealed a ...

In July 2022, the patient underwent a second VATS uniportal surgery to receive a diagnosis because ... In the same month, the patient developed a pulmonary empyema, and a CT scan revealed additional ...

His newly issued memorandum cited value-added taxes, or VATs, among a list of “unfair” taxes the U.S. wants to counteract. Targeting VATs as a reason for tariffs threatens to open a new trade ...

Ongoing surveillance is conducted in order to identify risk factors that correlate with the occurrence of surgical infections after different types of VATS procedures. During that 51/2-year period ...

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