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Is there any role for medical thoracoscopy in the treatment of empyema in children?
| Title: | Is there any role for medical thoracoscopy in the treatment of empyema in children? |
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| Authors: | Lina Zuccatosta, Sara Piciucchi, Sabrina Martinello, Fabio Sultani, Stefano Oldani, Arianna Johanna deGrauw, Stefano Maitan, Massimo Ruggero Corso, Venerino Poletti, Claudia Ravaglia |
| Source: | The Clinical Respiratory Journal, Vol 17, Iss 2, Pp 105-108 (2023) |
| Publisher Information: | Wiley, 2023. |
| Publication Year: | 2023 |
| Collection: | LCC:Diseases of the respiratory system |
| Subject Terms: | children, empyema, medical thoracoscopy, pleural effusion, thoracoscopy, Diseases of the respiratory system, RC705-779 |
| More Details: | Abstract It is still controversial whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment approaches are most appropriate for empyema in children, and there are no data regarding the role of medical thoracoscopy in this population. The aim of this study was to describe our experience with medical thoracosocpy in children with multiloculated and organizing pneumonia. We retrospectively reviewed children admitted to our hospital with a diagnosis of empyema from 2011 to 2021 and treated with medical thoracoscopy. A total of six patients with empyema were treated by medical thoracoscopy; empyema was multiloculated in five cases and organized in one case; all children in the study recovered completely with full lung expansion after chest X‐rays, and no disease sequelae were reported after clinical follow‐up. Our small case series suggests that in selected cases, medical thoracoscopy could safely and effectively treat pleural empyema in children, with less invasiveness and reduced psychological consequences. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1752-699X 1752-6981 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/1752-6981; https://doaj.org/toc/1752-699X |
| DOI: | 10.1111/crj.13578 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/8fd7bf6c02314b2da606f9dd44f84c93 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.8fd7bf6c02314b2da606f9dd44f84c93 |
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| ISSN: | 1752699X 17526981 |
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| DOI: | 10.1111/crj.13578 |
| Published in: | The Clinical Respiratory Journal |
| Language: | English |