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Surgical Treatment for Empyema Thoracis: Is Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery “Better” Than Thoracotomy?

Daniel Tai‐Leung Chan, Alan Sihoe, Shun Chan, Dickson S. F. Tsang, Ben Fang, Tak-Wai Lee, Lik‐Cheung Cheng

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 2007 · 135 citations · 19 references

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Usefulness of the Medical Research Council (MRC) dyspnoea scale as a measure of disability in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Janine Bestall, Elizabeth Paul, R. Garrod et al. · Thorax · 1999 · 2.9K citations · Full text

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General Thoracic Surgery

JOSEPH L. KOVARIK · Archives of Surgery · 1983 · 974 citations

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A Randomized Trial of Empyema Therapy

Michael A. Wait, Joyce Hohn, Anthony Dal Nogare · CHEST Journal · 1997 · 385 citations

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Prevalence of chronic pain after pulmonary resection by thoracotomy or video-assisted thoracic surgery

Rodney J. Landreneau, Michael J. Mack, Stephen R. Hazelrigg et al. · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 1994 · 359 citations · Full text

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BTS guidelines for the management of pleural infection

C. W. H. Davies, Fergus Gleeson, R. J. O. Davies · Thorax · 2003 · 221 citations

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