Minimally invasive intrathoracic negative-pressure therapy and flexible thoracoscopy (FlexVATS) for patients with pleural empyema
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Minimally invasive intrathoracic negative-pressure therapy and flexible thoracoscopy (FlexVATS) for patients with pleural empyema. / Stüben, Björn-Ole; Plitzko, Gabriel A; Sauerbeck, Julia; Busch, Philipp; Melling, Nathaniel; Reeh, Matthias; Izbicki, Jakob R; Rösch, Thomas; Bachmann, Kai; Tachezy, Michael.
In: SCI REP-UK, Vol. 13, No. 1, 05.07.2023, p. 10869.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Minimally invasive intrathoracic negative-pressure therapy and flexible thoracoscopy (FlexVATS) for patients with pleural empyema
AU - Stüben, Björn-Ole
AU - Plitzko, Gabriel A
AU - Sauerbeck, Julia
AU - Busch, Philipp
AU - Melling, Nathaniel
AU - Reeh, Matthias
AU - Izbicki, Jakob R
AU - Rösch, Thomas
AU - Bachmann, Kai
AU - Tachezy, Michael
N1 - © 2023. The Author(s).
PY - 2023/7/5
Y1 - 2023/7/5
N2 - To determine whether a new surgical method using a flexible endoscope (FlexVATS) to perform sparing debridement and apply negative-pressure therapy without extensive decortication may be an alternative treatment option for empyema. Surgical treatment of pleural empyema is associated with considerable postoperative complications and mortality rates, and alternative treatment options are being explored to improve patient outcomes. This was a prospective case series. Seventeen consecutive patients treated with FlexVATS between February 2021 and August 2022 were included in the study. Only patients for whom FlexVATS was the first therapeutic intervention for pleural empyema were included. Treatment success, defined as infection resolution, was the primary endpoint of the study. The secondary endpoints were length of hospital stay, 90-day mortality, and empyema cavity volume reduction. Patients who had previously been treated for pleural empyema by either drainage or surgery were excluded. The trial was performed as a single-centre study at a tertiary medical centre in Germany. In total, 17 patients with pleural empyema were included in the study. The median (IQR) duration of vacuum treatment was 15 days (8-35 days). Twelve of the 17 (71%) patients were successfully treated, and a significant reduction in the empyema cavity volume was observed. 41% of the dressing changes were performed outside the operating room. Compared with a historic cohort of conventionally treated patients (decortication via VATS or thoracotomy), the 90-day mortality rates tended to be lower without reaching statistical significance. Three patients (18%) died in hospital during treatment. No negative pressure-therapy-related complications were observed. FlexVATS therapy is a promising alternative therapy for both healthy and debilitated patients with pleural empyema. Larger randomised trials are required to validate this treatment option.
AB - To determine whether a new surgical method using a flexible endoscope (FlexVATS) to perform sparing debridement and apply negative-pressure therapy without extensive decortication may be an alternative treatment option for empyema. Surgical treatment of pleural empyema is associated with considerable postoperative complications and mortality rates, and alternative treatment options are being explored to improve patient outcomes. This was a prospective case series. Seventeen consecutive patients treated with FlexVATS between February 2021 and August 2022 were included in the study. Only patients for whom FlexVATS was the first therapeutic intervention for pleural empyema were included. Treatment success, defined as infection resolution, was the primary endpoint of the study. The secondary endpoints were length of hospital stay, 90-day mortality, and empyema cavity volume reduction. Patients who had previously been treated for pleural empyema by either drainage or surgery were excluded. The trial was performed as a single-centre study at a tertiary medical centre in Germany. In total, 17 patients with pleural empyema were included in the study. The median (IQR) duration of vacuum treatment was 15 days (8-35 days). Twelve of the 17 (71%) patients were successfully treated, and a significant reduction in the empyema cavity volume was observed. 41% of the dressing changes were performed outside the operating room. Compared with a historic cohort of conventionally treated patients (decortication via VATS or thoracotomy), the 90-day mortality rates tended to be lower without reaching statistical significance. Three patients (18%) died in hospital during treatment. No negative pressure-therapy-related complications were observed. FlexVATS therapy is a promising alternative therapy for both healthy and debilitated patients with pleural empyema. Larger randomised trials are required to validate this treatment option.
KW - Humans
KW - Drainage/methods
KW - Empyema, Pleural/surgery
KW - Retrospective Studies
KW - Thoracoscopy
KW - Thoracotomy
KW - Treatment Outcome
U2 - 10.1038/s41598-023-37961-w
DO - 10.1038/s41598-023-37961-w
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 37407677
VL - 13
SP - 10869
JO - SCI REP-UK
JF - SCI REP-UK
SN - 2045-2322
IS - 1
ER -