Management of chest tube after thoracoscopic lung resection in children with congenital lung malformation: a multicenter retrospective study

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 31570 - 7
• Main Authors: Cheng, Kaisheng, Yuan, Miao, Yang, Gang, He, Taozhen, Luo, Dengke, Liu, Chenyu, Wang, Zongyu, Yang, Jiayin, Li, Fei, Yang, Guangxian, Li, Yonggang, Xu, Chang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 30.12.2024; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 692/1807/1809; 692/308/3187; 692/700/1720/3187; 692/700/565/411; 692/700/565/545; Atelectasis; Chest; Chest tube; Chest Tubes; Child, Preschool; Congenital lung malformation; Female; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Infant; Length of Stay; Lobectomy; Lung - abnormalities; Lung - surgery; Male; multidisciplinary; Patients; Pediatric patients; Pediatrics; Pneumonectomy - adverse effects; Pneumonectomy - methods; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Retrospective Studies; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Statistical analysis; Thoracic surgery; Thoracoscopy; Thoracoscopy - methods; Treatment Outcome; Congenital lung malformation; Pediatric patients; Lobectomy; Thoracoscopy; Chest tube

This study aimed to investigate the safety and effect of omitting chest tubes after thoracoscopic lobectomy in children with congenital lung malformation. A multicenter retrospective study was performed with 632 thoracoscopic lobectomy CLM patients in four hospitals between 2014.1 and 2023.1, which...