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- Title
Outcomes of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Decortication in Pleural Empyema in Children.
- Authors
ATEŞ, Ufuk; ERGÜN, Ergun; QURBANOV, Anar; KHALILOVA, Pari; SÖZDUYAR, Sümeyye; ÇİFTCİ, Ergin; ÖZDEMİR, Halil; ARGA, Gül; KONCA, Hatice Kübra; GÜN, Emrah; KENDİRLİ, Tanıl; BİNGOL KOLOĞLU, Meltem; YAĞMURLU, Aydın; ÇAKMAK, Murat; GÖLLÜ, Gülnur
- Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study is to determine efficacy, safety, and feasibility of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in childhood empyema with two port technique. Material and Methods: 34 patients under 17 years of age were included to the study. Demographic and clinical data of the patients were recorded retrospectively Results: 34 patients under 17 years of age were included in the study. The first time the complaints started was 12 days. VATS was performed on mean 12 (2-46) days after the complaints of the patients started. The empyemas were in right hemithorax in 21 children and left in 11. Two patients underwent bilateral decortication Mean of chest tube removal time was 9.70 (2-26) days. While the postoperative stay was 23.50 (4-120) days, the total hospital stay was 32.50 (7-142) days. Emphysema developed in 7 patients in the following period. Chest tube revision was performed in a patient. Emphysema spontaneously regressed at follow-up in 6 patients. Two children died from non-thoracoscopy reasons after respiratory arrest and liver transplantation. Conclusion: VATS is a feasible method with good results pleural empyema in children. The results are satisfactory in the early or late period of disease.
- Subjects
VIDEO-assisted thoracic surgery; EMPYEMA; POSTOPERATIVE period
- Publication
Journal of Pediatric Disease / Türkiye Çocuk Hastalıkları Dergisi, 2023, Vol 17, Issue 6, p451
- ISSN
1307-4490
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12956/tchd.1294886