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Videothoracoscopic surgery before and after chest tube drainage for children wi...
Knebel,Rogerio; Fraga,Jose Carlos; Amantea,Sergio Luis; Isolan,Paola Brolin SantisAbstract Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of videothoracoscopic surgery in the treatment of complicated parapneumonic pleural effusion and to determine whether there is a difference in the videothoracoscopic surgery outcome before or after the chest tube drainage. Methods The medical records of 79 children (mean age 35 months) undergoing videothoracoscopic surgery from January 2000 to December 2011 were...
Transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-ß1) levels in a rat model of induced pleu...
Silva,Samanta Sarmento da; Peterson,Guilherme Eckert; Amantéa,Sérgio Luis; Miorelli,Patrícia; Ulbrich,Jane Maria; Roesch,Eliane; Sanches,Paulo RobertoAbstract Purpose: To evaluate the concentration of transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGFB1) levels in a rat pleural effusion obtained by inoculation of intrapleural bacteria or turpentine through thoracentesis. Methods: Thirty-Nine Wistar rats were divided into three groups: Staphylococcus aureus (SA, n = 17); Streptococcus pneumoniae (SP, n = 12); and turpentine (control, n = 10). Pleural fluid was collected ...