1. Delayed Referral and Gram-Negative Organisms Increase the Conversion Thoracotomy Rate in Patients Undergoing Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Empyema 
Didier Lardinois, MD, Michael Gock, MD, Edgardo Pezzetta, MD, Christian Buchli, MD, Valentin Rousson, PhD, Markus Furrer, MD, Hans-Beat Ris, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 79, Issue 6, Pages (June 2005)
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Probability of conversion thoracotomy in 178 patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for presumed stage II empyema according to the time interval between onset of symptoms and surgery.
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