Urokinase versus VATS for treatment of empyema: a randomized multicenter clinical trial

C Marhuenda, C Barceló, I Fuentes, G Guillén… - …, 2014 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Parapneumonic empyema (PPE) is a frequent
complication of acute bacterial pneumonia in children. There is limited evidence regarding …

Video-assisted thoracoscopic decortication for the management of late stage pleural empyema, is it feasible?

WM Hajjar, I Ahmed, SA Al-Nassar… - Annals of thoracic …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical decortication (VATSD) is widely
applicable in fibrinopurulent Stage II empyema. While, more chronic thick walled Stage III …

Debate 2: is the management of childhood empyema primarily medical, or surgical?

P Menon - Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2023 - Springer
The management of empyema thoracis has changed in the past 1–2 decades with the
advent of video-assisted thoracoscopy (VATS), the surgeon's weapon and fibrinolytic …

Empyema thoracis in children: Still a challenge in developing countries

V Goyal, A Kumar, M Gupta… - African Journal of …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Background: To evaluate the effectiveness of surgical intervention in managing empyema
thoracis in children. Patients and Methods: A total of 70 patients aged 1-14 years diagnosed …

Intrapleural streptokinase is effective and safe for children with multi‐loculated empyema regardless of the time from disease onset

JL Mathew, V Soni, M Singh, P Mittal, S Singhi… - Acta …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim This study compared the efficacy of administering intrapleural streptokinase to children
with multi‐loculated empyema within 14 days or at any time after disease onset. Methods …

Pediatric empyema thoracis: What has changed over a decade?

SK Angurana, R Kumar, M Singh… - Journal of Tropical …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objectives The purposes of this paper are to study clinicobacteriological profile, treatment
modalities and outcome of pediatric empyema thoracis and to identify changes over a …

Surgical management of stage III pediatric empyema thoracis

AP Singh, AK Shukla, P Sharma, J Shukla - Lung India, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Aim and Objective: This study aims to report 100 pediatric patients of empyema thoracis
treated by open decortication, highlighting the presentation, delay in referral, operative …

Factors Associated With the Presence of Tuberculous Empyema in Children With Pleural Tuberculosis

YH Wu, JL Wang, MS Wang - Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Until now, the factor of tuberculous empyema (TE) in children with pleural
tuberculosis (TB) remains unclear. Therefore, a retrospective study was conducted to assess …

Tube thoracostomy: Primary management option for empyema thoracis in children

RK Ghritlaharey, KS Budhwani… - African Journal of …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Aim: The aim of this study was to review our experience with tube thoracostomy in the
management of empyema thoracis in children. Patients and Methods: This retrospective …

Muscle-Sparing Skin Crease Incision Posterolateral Thoracotomies in Pediatric Patients: Our Experience

R Gupta, P Mathur, A Bhandari - Journal of Indian Association of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Aims: The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcomes of muscle-sparing skin crease
incision posterolateral thoracotomies in pediatric patients in terms of abovementioned …