Open AccessComparison of outcome of surgery for tubercular and nontubercular empyema: An analysis of 285 consecutive cases
Author(s) -
Arvind Kumar,
CVijay Lingaraju,
MohanVenkatesh Pulle,
BelalBin Asaf,
HarshVardhan Puri,
Sukhram Bishnoi
Publication year - 2021
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_33_21
Subject(s) - medicine , decortication , empyema , surgery , thoracotomy , intensive care unit , video assisted thoracoscopic surgery , thoracoscopy , cardiothoracic surgery
Few studies have compared the surgical outcomes between tubercular empyema (TE) and nontubercular empyema (NTE), which were limited by a small sample size. We conducted this study with the objective of comparing the surgical outcomes of patients with tuberculous and nontuberculous empyema.