THORACOTOMY VS VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPY IN PEDIATRIC EMPYEMA
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PURE MEDICAL RESEARCH - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 10
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Comparison of Outcomes between video-assisted Thoracoscopy surgery (VATS) and open thoracic surgery METHODS: A prospective study was done in 42 patients referred to Department of Pediatric Surgery, between 2015 and 2017. Patients were divided into two groups, thoracotomy (group I) and VATS (group II) randomly. Both groups were similar by terms of age, sex and comorbidities. Routine pre and post-operative workups ordered. Patients were followed up for a course of 90 days. RESULTS: The mean operative time, average the drainage time, average length of hospital stay, duration of use of medicine to relieve the pain were longer in group I than group II. Death due to pulmonary complications during the rst 30 days after the surgery was seen in one case in the group I. CONCLUSION: It seems that the less invasive VATS procedure is a suitable technique for management of the patients with empyema
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Leily Mohajerzadeh, Khashayar Atqiaee, Gholamreza Ebrahimisaraj
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