Urokinase Versus Primary Video-Assisted Thorascopic Surgery for Empyema

Summary

This study will compare VATS versus chest drain insertion and urokinase in the treatment of childhood empema by a randomised prospective study.

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Publications

• Jaffe A, Calder AD, Owens CM, Stanojevic S, Sonnappa S. Role of routine computed tomography in paediatric pleural empyema. Thorax. 2008 Oct;63(10):897-902. doi: 10.1136/thx.2007.094250. Epub 2008 May 20.

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