Minimally invasive intrathoracic negative-pressure therapy and flexible thoracoscopy (FlexVATS) for patients with pleural empyema.

Sci Rep · 2023 · PMC10322920 · PMID 37407677

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Patients treated with FlexVATS showed a trend towards reduced 90-day mortality rates compared with VATS or open surgical decortication in the historical cohort (18% versus 41% and 42%, respectively, p = 0.15, Fig. 4 ).

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