The 19Fr Blake drain versus the 28Fr conventional drain after a lobectomy for lung cancer

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-109

  Nakamura, H ^a   Taniguchi, Y ^a   Miwa, K ^a   Adachi, Y ^a   Fujioka, S ^a   Haruki, T ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blake drains; Drainage; Lung lobectomy; Small silastic flexible drains; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX DRAINAGE; WOUND HEALING; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHADENECTOMY; TIME; TUBE; WOUND DRAINAGE;

BAYSILON; DIMETICONE;

AGED; CHEST TUBES; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; DRAINAGE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOSTOMY; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 65449183429     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: 14391902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1039218     Document Type: Article

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