Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for thoracic empyema in patients on maintenance hemodialysis.
Hsien-Chi LiaoJen-Hao ChuangHsao-Hsun HsuKe-Cheng ChenJin-Shing ChenPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2019)
While surgical management of thoracic empyema in uremic patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis is associated with high rates of complication and mortality, thoracoscopic surgery is feasible, especially for patients undergoing hemodialysis for less than 5 years.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- patients undergoing
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- spinal cord
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- robot assisted
- surgical site infection
- cardiovascular disease
- coronary artery disease
- risk factors
- atrial fibrillation
- patient reported outcomes