Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery performed in patients with AIDS for the treatment of empyema and intractable pneumothorax is effective, can be performed with little operative morbidity and mortality, and is associated with acceptable long-term survival. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is best performed soon after the diagnosis of intractable pneumothorax or empyema has been established.
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