Open AccessSurgical management of stage III pediatric empyema thoracis
Author(s) -
Aditya Singh,
Arvind Kumar Shukla,
Prateek Sharma,
Jyotsna Shukla
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_227_17
Subject(s) - medicine , decortication , surgery , empyema , bronchopleural fistula , stage (stratigraphy) , lung , pneumonectomy , paleontology , biology
This study aims to report 100 pediatric patients of empyema thoracis treated by open decortication, highlighting the presentation, delay in referral, operative findings, the response to surgical intervention, and follow-up.