Early chest tube removal after thoracoscopic lobectomy with the aid of an additional thin tube: a prospective multi-institutional study

• Published in: General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 66; no. 12; pp. 723 - 730
• Main Authors: Nakanishi, Ryoichi, Fujino, Yoshihisa, Kato, Masato, Miura, Takashi, Yasuda, Manabu, Oda, Risa, Yokota, Keisuke, Okuda, Katsuhiro, Haneda, Hiroshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 01.12.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cardiac Surgery; Cardiology; Chest Tubes; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Cohort Studies; Confounding (Statistics); Device Removal; Drainage - methods; Female; Humans; Japan; Lung cancer; Lung Neoplasms - physiopathology; Lung Neoplasms - surgery; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Metastasis; Middle Aged; Original Article; Ostomy; Patients; Pleural effusion; Pleural Effusion - physiopathology; Pleural Effusion - surgery; Pneumonectomy - methods; Postoperative Period; Prospective Studies; Psychosurgery; Regression analysis; Surgical Oncology; Thoracic Surgery; Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted - methods; Young Adult; Japan; Drainage; Pleural effusion; Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS); Lung cancer; Postoperative complications

Objectives There is no evidence concerning the appropriate drainage volume for indicating chest tube removal after pulmonary lobectomy. A prospective multi-institutional cohort study was designed to elucidate the safety of early chest tube removal after thoracoscopic lobectomy. Methods Between April...