Table 4. Literature on postoperative empyema in lung cancer surgery.

Author (year)	Period	Institution	Surgery	Empyema	Incidence	Mortarity	5-year survival
Ruckdeschel (1972)	1952–1966	single	489	18	3.7%	n/a	50.0%
Brohee (1977)	1961–1972	single	349	45	12.9%	n/a	20.0%
Pastorino (1982)	1974–1977	single	199	27	13.6%	14.8%	28.0%
Nagasaki (1982)	1973–1980	single	961	9	0.9%	22.2%	n/a
Deslauriers (1994)	1988–1989	multiple	783	39	5.0%	n/a	n/a
Giorgio (1996)	1960–1984	single	460	38	8.3%	n/a	36.8%
Duque (1997)	1993–1994	multiple	605	27	4.5%	n/a	n/a
Shiono (2007)	1992–2003	single	1855	18	1.0%	n/a	n/a
Yamauchi (2013)	2002–2011	single	1673	27	1.6%	n/a	n/a
This study	2008–2012	multiple	4772	43	0.9%	11.6%	34.9%