Open AccessRole of medical thoracoscopy in the treatment of complicated parapneumonic effusions
Author(s) -
Ranganatha Ramanjaneya,
Syed Zulkharnain Tousheed,
B V Muralimohan,
Muhammed Zuhaib,
Deepika Manivannan,
Bandlapally Ramanjaneya Gupta Harish,
P.H. Manjunath,
Kedar Hibare,
Hemanth Kumar,
Chandrasekar Sagar,
VM Annapandian
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_543_20
Subject(s) - medicine , thoracoscopy , decortication , surgery , empyema , pleurodesis , parapneumonic effusion , radiology , pleural effusion , pleural fluid
The role of medical thoracoscopy in the treatment of pleural infections is increasingly being recognized. This study was done to assess the role of medical thoracoscopy in the management of carefully selected subset of patients with complicated parapneumonic effusions (PPEs).