Efficacy, safety, and optimal timing of single-trocar video-assisted flexible thoracoscopic debridement under local anesthesia for complicated parapneumonic empyema

ConclusionVAFTS-D might be an acceptable first-line procedure in patients with suspected CPE. VAFTS-D should be performed as early as possible for a successful outcome, and to obtain useful information on the pleural cavity.
Source: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research