The use of Blake drains following general thoracic surgery: Is it an acceptable option?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-61

  Nakamura, Hiroshige ^a   Taniguchi, Yuji ^a   Miwa, Ken ^a   Adachi, Yoshin ^a   Fujioka, Shinji ^a   Haruki, Tomohiro ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blake drains; General thoracic surgery; Small silastic drain

Indexed keywords

PICIBANIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAPHRAGM; DIAPHRAGM DISEASE; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; METASTASIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PLEURA TUMOR; PLEURECTOMY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SILASTIC TUBE; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX SURGERY; THORAX WALL TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEST TUBES; CHILD; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; DRAINAGE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORACOSTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149398208     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.188086     Document Type: Article

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