title: Chronic pleural empyema: which is the role for surgery? Past and present.
authors.forename: Ottavio
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rena
authors.forename: Caterina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Casadio
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods