Early Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery or Intrapleural Enzyme Therapy in Pleural Infection: A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial. The Third Multicenter Intrapleural Sepsis Trial-MIST-3.

Am J Respir Crit Care Med · 2023 · PMC10765402 · PMID 37820359

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Mortality showed a trend toward being higher in the VATS arm (4 of 20; 20%) compared with the standard care arm (1 of 21; 4.8%) and the IET arm (1 of 19; 5.3%) (χ 2 = 3.33 [df = 2], P = 0.19).

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