Is Medical Thoracoscopy Efficient in the Management of Multiloculated and Organized Thoracic Empyema? | Zendy

Claudia Ravaglia | Zendy; Carlo Gurioli | Zendy; Sara Tomassetti | Zendy; Gian Luca Casoni | Zendy; Micaela Romagnoli | Zendy; Christian Gurioli | Zendy; Vanni Agnoletti | Zendy; Venerino Poletti | Zendy

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Is Medical Thoracoscopy Efficient in the Management of Multiloculated and Organized Thoracic Empyema?

Author(s) -

Claudia Ravaglia,

Carlo Gurioli,

Sara Tomassetti,

Gian Luca Casoni,

Micaela Romagnoli,

Christian Gurioli,

Vanni Agnoletti,

Venerino Poletti

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

respiration

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264

H-Index - 81

eISSN - 1423-0356

pISSN - 0025-7931

DOI - 10.1159/000339414

Subject(s) - thoracoscopy , empyema , medicine , surgery , pleural effusion , pleural disease , effusion , parapneumonic effusion , retrospective cohort study , respiratory disease , pleural fluid , lung

Pleural empyema can be subdivided into 3 stages: exudative, multiloculated, and organizing. In the absence of clear septation, antibiotics plus simple drainage of pleural fluid is often sufficient treatment, whereas clear septation often requires more invasive treatment.

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