Table 3 Clinical course, treatment, and outcomes for thoracic empyema in different sonographic groups
From: Sonographic findings of thoracic empyema: outcome perspectives
| Â | Group I (17) | Group II (14) | Group III (19) | Group IV (22) | Total (72) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hospital stay (days), mean ± SD | 16.6 ± 6.9 | 25.4 ± 7.2 | 23.6 ± 4.9 | 21.7 ± 6.5 | 21.7 ± 7.0 | 0.002* |
Duration of chest tube drainage (days), mean ± SD | 9.2 ± 5.4 | 15.4 ± 4.8 | 13.6 ± 3.4 | 11.8 ± 5.9 | 12.4 ± 5.3 | 0.012* |
Tube drainage, no. (%) | 12 (70.6%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (15.8%) | 10 (45.5%) | 25 (34.7%) | < 0.001* |
Medical thoracoscopy, no. (%) | 4 (23.5%) | 5 (35.7%) | 12 (63.2%) | 7 (31.8%) | 28 (38.3%) | 0.7 |
VATS, no. (%) | 1 (5.9%) | 5 (35.7%) | 4 (21.1%) | 3 (13.6%) | 13 (18.1%) | 0.2 |
Surgical thoracotomy, no. (%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (21.4%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (4.5%) | 4 (5.6%) | 0.03* |
Mortality, no. (%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (7.1%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (4.5%) | 2 (2.8%) | 0.5 |