Clinical outcome of urgent thoracoscopic surgery on complicated parapneumonic infection with short-term preoperative antibiotic usage.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prompt initiation of antibiotics and drainage of infection source is essential in the management of pleural cavity infection. Although surgical drainage is considered a gold standard of treatment for unresolved parapneumonic infection, optimal timing for surgical intervention is still under debate. Thus, we seek to analyze the clinical outcomes of urgent thoracoscopic surgery for complicated parapneumonic effusion regarding the duration of preoperative antibiotic usage.

Methods

Medical records were retrospectively reviewed for patients who received thoracoscopic surgery for complicated parapneumonic effusion or empyema. Patients were grouped according to the preoperative antibiotic durations and compared. Group A consists of the patients with less than 3 days of p

SUBMITTER: Jung Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11833586 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature