Superiority of Surgical Treatment in Stage 2 Acute Empyema: A Perspective on Lung Volume Improvement
Surgery for Stage 2 acute empyema significantly improves post-treatment lung volume recovery. Early surgical intervention should be considered in appropriate cases to optimize pulmonary outcomes.
Authors
- Mio Ota
- Hirochika Matsubara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7622-4957)
- Hiroyasu Matsuoka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7850-5258)
- Hiroyuki Nakajima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1816-3222)
Institutions
- Gifu Municipal Hospital (JP)
- University of Yamanashi (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-05-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.83856
- Primary Topic
- Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00