title: Treatment of bilateral empyema thoracis using unilateral single-port thoracoscopic approach.
abstract: A variety of disease in the chest can be treated with thoracoscopic surgery. Although with limited experience, thoracoscopic surgery can be performed with single-port approach. Theoretically, single-port approach can be applied in treating bilateral pleural effusions. Here we reported a case of 28-year-old man with the diagnosis of septic embolization of the lung with complications of bilateral empyema. He was treated with single-port thoracoscopic surgery for decortication of right pleural space and deloculation of left pleural space. After prolonged course of antibiotics for 21 days, the patient was discharged. After follow-up for 3 months, the patient recovered well and had no evidence of recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Thoracic Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chih-Hao
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wei-Sha
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Ho
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Shih-Yi
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Tzu-Ti
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.forename: Chih-Yin
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Tai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents