Open pleural decortication for the late stage empyema thoracis in children: a retrospective observational study from a tertiary hospital of eastern Nepal.
Open pleural decortication for the late stage empyema thoracis in children: a retrospective observational study from a tertiary hospital of eastern Nepal.
Trop Doct. 2020 Apr 28;:49475520921279
Authors: Jaiswal LS, Pandit N, Sah B, Prasad JN
Abstract
The management of late-stage empyema thoracis requires surgical intervention. We performed a retrospective descriptive analysis of open pleural decortication for late stage empyema thoracis in 55 children (age ≤ 15 years; median age = 6 years; age range = 1-15 years; 40 [72.7%] boys) over 42 months. The median time to thoracotomy from the onset of symptoms was 24 days, and the median duration of hospital stay before and after surgery was 15 and 4 days, respectively. Three (5.5%) patients had necrotising pneumonia, requiring debridement; 4 (7.3%) patients had superficial surgical site infection; 12 (21.8%) patients had perioperative pus culture positive for bacteria; and 3 (5.5%) patients had tubercular aetiology. There was no operative mortality. At median follow-up of 18 months, all patients are in good general health. Open pleural decortication leads to rapid resolution of symptoms and reduces hospital stay in paediatric late-stage empyema thoracis.
PMID: 32345149 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Tropical Doctor - Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Jaiswal LS, Pandit N, Sah B, Prasad JN Tags: Trop Doct Source Type: research
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