Videothoracoscopic surgery before and after chest tube drainage for children with complicated parapneumonic effusion

Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of videothoracoscopic surgery in the treatment of complicated parapneumonic pleural effusion and to determine whether there is a difference in the videothoracoscopic surgery outcome before or after the chest tube drainage. Methods: The medical records of 79...

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Main Authors: Rogerio Knebel, Jose Carlos Fraga, Sergio Luis Amantea, Paola Brolin Santis Isolan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-03-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755716301632