title: eComment: Debridement for empyema: an alternative to decortication but in whom and when?
authors.affiliation: Hospital Serdang, 43000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Anand
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sachithanandan
authors.forename: Balaji
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Badmanaban
mesh_terms: D003646:Debridement / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018579:Patient Selection; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome