Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 1 , Pages 106-111 , January 2009

Thoracoscopic decortication vs tube thoracostomy with fibrinolysis for empyema in children: a prospective, randomized trial

  • Shawn D. St. Peter

      Affiliations

    • Center for Prospective Clinical Trials, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 816 983 6479; fax: +1 816 983 6885.
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  • Kuojen Tsao

      Affiliations

    • Center for Prospective Clinical Trials, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
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  • Christopher Harrison

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Disease, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
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  • Mary Ann Jackson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Disease, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
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  • Troy L. Spilde

      Affiliations

    • Center for Prospective Clinical Trials, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
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  • Scott J. Keckler

      Affiliations

    • Center for Prospective Clinical Trials, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
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  • Susan W. Sharp

      Affiliations

    • Center for Prospective Clinical Trials, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
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  • Walter S. Andrews

      Affiliations

    • Center for Prospective Clinical Trials, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
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  • George W. Holcomb III

      Affiliations

    • Center for Prospective Clinical Trials, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
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  • Daniel J. Ostlie

      Affiliations

    • Center for Prospective Clinical Trials, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA

Received 30 September 2008 ,Accepted 7 October 2008.

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 Presented at the 39th annual meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, Phoenix, AZ, May 27-June 1, 2008.

PII: S0022-3468(08)00872-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.10.018

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 1 , Pages 106-111 , January 2009

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