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From: Minimally invasive intrathoracic negative-pressure therapy and flexible thoracoscopy (FlexVATS) for patients with pleural empyema

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Step-by step approach for FlexVATS technique. (A) Operative Setting using a flexible endoscope. (B) Intraoperative view of fibrin und inflammatory tissue in the pleural space, (C) blunt debridement and removal with a large forceps. (D) Examples of white and black sponge segments with non-absorbable sutures. (E) Open pore film and rinsing drainage insider the pleural cavity. (F) Examples of white and black ‘endo-sponges’, introduction via the 2–3 cm incision. (H) intraoperative view of a white ‘endo-sponge’. (I) Good granulation tissue in the complete empyema cavity after several dressing changes. (J) Final view after removal of an open pore film drainage.

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