Open AccessVideo-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for invasive pulmonary fungal infection in haematology patients
Author(s) -
Han Ma,
Jun Wang,
Xiao Ma,
Shuguo Zheng,
Haitao Ma,
Jin-Feng Ge
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.07.13
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , video assisted thoracoscopic surgery , incidence (geometry) , pleural effusion , cardiothoracic surgery , retrospective cohort study , blood loss , optics , physics
Invasive pulmonary fungal infection in haematological patients sometimes was a difficult problem in diagnosis and treatments. This retrospective study was intended to assess the outcomes of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in the treatments of this problem.