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Treatment of empyema thoracis with intercostal tube drainage

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Of 30 children with pleural empyema treated with intercostal tube drainage. 27 were cured. Two required docortication of the pleura for complete recovery and one died of unrelated cause.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics and Surgery, M.L.N. Medical College, Allahabad

    Hifzur Rahman M.S. (Lecturer in Surgery), Jagdish K. Misra M.S., Ashok K. Srivastava M.D., Vijay K. Agarwal M.D., F.R.C.P. (Lond.) & Prem Kumar M.D.

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Rahman, H., Misra, J.K., Srivastava, A.K. et al. Treatment of empyema thoracis with intercostal tube drainage. Indian J Pediatr 48, 105–107 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02895203

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