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Empyema is a well-known complication of pneumonia, with high morbidity and mortality rates. This warrants direct treatment either with antibiotics and chest tube drainage or surgery. With less invasive surgical approaches such as uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (uVATS), surgical intervention gets a more prominent role early on in the treatment of empyema. The aim of this study was to compare uVATS with the complete VATS (cVATS) approach in empyema, with respect to postoperative complications, hospital length of stay and mortality.

Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopy is a safe approach in patients with empyema requiring surgery