
Surgical decortication as the first-line treatment for pleural empyema
Keywords: 11.2; 14.2; 14.4; ACCP; American College of Chest Physicians; APACHEÂ II; Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; BMI; body mass index; CCI; Charlson Comorbidity Index; ECOG; Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; TB; tuberculosis; VATS; video-ass