Thoracic empyema in patients with liver cirrhosis: Clinical characteristics and outcome analysis of thoracoscopic management Ke-Cheng Chen, MD, Jou-Wei.

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Thoracic empyema in patients with liver cirrhosis: Clinical characteristics and outcome analysis of thoracoscopic management Ke-Cheng Chen, MD, Jou-Wei Lin, MD, MPH, PhD, Yu-Ting Tseng, MD, Shuenn-Wen Kuo, MD, Pei-Ming Huang, MD, Hsao-Hsun Hsu, MD, PhD, Jang-Ming Lee, MD, PhD, Jin-Shing Chen, MD, PhD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 143, Issue 5, Pages 1144-1151 (May 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.12.024 Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Algorithm for patient selection. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012 143, 1144-1151DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.12.024) Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Propensity analysis. Distribution of propensity scores in the nonthoracoscopy and thoracoscopy groups before (A, n = 63) and after (B, n = 38) matching. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012 143, 1144-1151DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.12.024) Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 Kaplan–Meier plot of the survival-to-discharge in the non-thoracoscopy and thoracoscopy groups. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012 143, 1144-1151DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.12.024) Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions