Videothoracoscopic surgery before and after chest tube drainage for children with complicated parapneumonic effusion
J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 94 (2), 2018
Abstract 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...