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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:231
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: General Thoracic

Invited commentary

Donald Low, MD

Department of Surgery, Virginia Mason Medical Center, 1100 9th Ave, Seattle, WA 98111

(Email: gtsdel@vmmc.org).

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The timely and appropriate management of complicated fibropurulent pleural effusions and acute and chronic empyemas remains a challenging issue. Chan and colleagues [1] have reported on a significant experience in managing these patients with both open and minimally invasive techniques, and although their series is not randomized, the patients have been arbitrarily directed to two medical centers where either the open or minimally invasive approaches were used exclusively. The outcomes associated with the two techniques are remarkably similar. Treatment success was routinely accomplished in both groups with no requirements for reinterventions, as well as mortality and complication rates that compare very favorably to historic series. It is likely that . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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