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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Nov 27;112(5):1632–1638. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.11.005

Table 2:

Health utility parameters

Health utility for one year after empyema Value Values for sensitivity
analysis		 Reference(s)
VATS decortication, before or after fibrinolysis
 Without complications 0.80 0.70, 0.90 29-31
 With complications 0.75* 0.65, 0.85 -
Open decortication, before or after fibrinolysis
 Without complications 0.70 0.60, 0.80 29
 With complications 0.65* 0.55, 0.75 -
Fibrinolysis
 Complete resolution 0.85* 0.75, 0.95 -
 Chronic fibrothorax 0.39 0.20, 0.55 32, 33
Death 0.00 -
*

Expert opinion due lack of published evidence