Comparison of the immediate postoperative outcome of using the conventional two drains versus a single drain after lobectomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1046-1049

  Alex, Joseph ^a,b   Ansari, Junaid ^a   Bahalkar, Pradeep ^a   Agarwala, Sandeep ^a   Ur Rehman, Mazhar ^a   Saleh, Ahmed ^a   Cowen, Michael E ^a  

^a CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b The Cottage   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DRAIN; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOBECTOMY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANALGESIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PNEUMONECTOMY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141451749     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00884-1     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Sabiston DC, Spencer F. Surgery of the chest. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1995.
2. Pearson FG, Deslauriers J, Ginsberg RJ, Hiebert CA, McKneally MF, Urschel HC. Thoracic Surgery. New York, Edinburgh, London, Melbourne, Tokyo. Churchill Livingstone, 2002.
3. Khan IH, Vaughan R. A national survey of thoracic surgical practice in the UK. Int J Clin Pract 1999;53:252-6.
4. Richardson J, Sabanathan S, Shah R. Post-thoracotomy spirometric lung function: the effect of analgesia: a review. J Cardiovasc Surg 1999;40:445-56.
5. Della Rocca G, Coccia C, Pompei L, et al. Post-thoracotomy analgesia: epidural vs intravenous morphine continuous infusion. Minerva Anestesiol 2002;68:681-93.
6. Vaughn RS. Pain relief after thoracotomy. Br J Anaesth 2001;87:681-3.
7. Furrer M, Rechsteiner R, Eigenmann V, et al. Thoracotomy and thoracoscopy: postoperative pulmonary function, pain, and chest wall complaints. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1997;12:82-7.