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## Background: Empyema refers to pus in the pleural space, commonly due to adjacent pneumonia, chest wall injury, or a complication of thoracic surgery. a range of therapeutic options are available for its management, ranging from percutaneous aspiration and intercostal drainage to video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (vats) or thoracotomy drainage. intrapleural fibrinolytics may also be administered following intercostal drain insertion to facilitate pleural drainage. there is currently a lack of consensus regarding optimal treatment. ## Objectives: To assess the effectiveness and safety of surgical versus non-surgical treatments for complicated parapneumonic effusion or pleural empyema. ## Search methods: We searched the cochrane central register of controlled trials (central) (2016, issue 9), medline (ebscohost) (1946 to july week 3 2013, july 2015 to october 2016) and medline (ovid) (1 may 2013 to july week 1 2015), embase (2010 to october 2016), cinahl (1981 to october 2016) and lilacs (1982 to october 2016) on 20 october 2016. we searched clinicaltrials.gov and who international clinical trials registry platform for ongoing studies (december 2016). ## Selection criteria: Rand

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Author

Mark D Redden; Tze Yang Chin; Mieke L van Driel

Publisher

Wiley

Published

2017

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)