Use of Flexible Silastic Drains in Thoracic Surgery: A Word of Caution

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2258-2259

  Saxena, Pankaj ^a   Kejriwal, Nand ^a   Newman, Mark A J ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILASTIC;

DRAIN; HUMAN; LETTER; LOBECTOMY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG RESECTION; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUBE;

AIR; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHEST TUBES; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; SILICONES; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 34249018279     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.10.008     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Ishikura H., and Kimura S. The use of flexible silastic drains after chest surgery: novel thoracic drainage. Ann Thorac Surg 81 (2006) 331-334
2. Kejriwal N., and Newman M.A.J. Use of a single silastic chest drain following thoracotomy: initial evaluation. ANZ J Surg 75 (2005) 710-712