Open AccessUse of thopaz in patients of empyema thoracis undergoing decortication
Author(s) -
Mohammad Shahnawaz Alam,
Mohd Azam Haseen,
Mohd Aslam,
M. M. Sufyan Beg
Publication year - 2020
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_344_19
Subject(s) - medicine , decortication , empyema , chest tube , surgery , thoracoscopy , video assisted thoracoscopic surgery , pneumothorax , anesthesia
The management of empyema thoracis has evolved over the years. After all lung surgeries chest drain is required, however they suffer from inter observer variability and impair mobility of the patient. However, the newer digital thoracic drain system are portable and have alarms for various situations, furthermore they eliminate inter-observer variability. One such device is Thopaz™ (Medela inc, Switzerland). We wanted to compare efficacy of Thopaz™ with our conventional intercostal chest tube drain in patients undergoing decortications for empyema thoracis.