Small-bore wire-guided chest drains: Safety, tolerability, and effectiveness in pneumothorax, malignant effusions, and pleural empyema

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 683-687

  Cafarotti, Stefano ^a   Dall'Armi, Valentina ^b   Cusumano, Giacomo ^a   Margaritora, Stefano ^a   Meacci, Elisa ^a   Lococo, F ^a   Vita, M L ^a   Porziella, V ^a   Bonassi, S ^b   Cesario, Alfredo ^a,c   Granone, Pierluigi ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^c CdC San Raffaele Velletri ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

malignant pleural effusion; ME; NME; nonmalignant pleural effusion; pneumothorax; PNX; VAS; visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PAIN THRESHOLD; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SMALL BORE WIRE GUIDED CHEST DRAIN; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CHEST TUBES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951774246     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.08.044     Document Type: Article

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