Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Prospective Randomized Study Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Pleural Drainage by Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic With Pleural Drainage by Percutaneous Drain Associated With Urokinase in the Treatmen
Brief Summary:
Despite the improvement in the technology available for diagnosing and treating empyema, the management of empyema in children remains controversial.
The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of two common technical approach used for pleural effusion drainage in the treatment of childhood empyema.