Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

1 questions · 1 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 1 · 100%High 0 · 0%

Mortality: adults · children and adults with pleural empyema

VATS showed no clear difference in mortality: adults compared with thoracostomy drainage (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Surgical versus non‐surgical management for pleural empyema 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 0.8 [0.04, 14.89]
2 studies · 90 participants
Moderate