Clinical Study
Triple Cultures Increase the Diagnostic Sensitivity of Mycobacterial Tuberculosis Empyema
Table 4
Comparison of perioperative and postoperative outcomes.
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| Peri-/postoperative | | Operation time (mins) | 112.5 (55–175) | Chest tube duration (days) | 5.5 (3–56) | Hospital Stay (days) | 5.5 (3–14) | Post-operative complications | | Prolonged air leak of more than 5 days | 9 (50%) | Failure of lung reexpansion at 6 months | 3 (16.7%) |
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Presented as median and range.
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