Impact of the learning curve in the use of a novel electronic chest drainage system after pulmonary lobectomy:A case-matched analysis on the duration of chest tube usage

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 490-493

  Pompili, Cecilia ^a   Brunelli, Alessandro ^a   Salati, Michele ^a   Refai, Majed ^a   Sabbatini, Armando ^a  

^a Division of Thoracic Surgery   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air leak; Chest drainage; Hospital stay; Lobectomy; Postoperative management

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEARNING CURVE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THORAX DRAINAGE;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEST TUBES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST SAVINGS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; ITALY; LEARNING CURVE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROPENSITY SCORE; SUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80054932195     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2011.280941     Document Type: Article

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