Regulated tailored suction vs regulated seal: A prospective randomized trial on air leak duration

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 899-904

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

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air leak; Chest tube; Digital drainage; Pulmonary lobectomy; Regulated suction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR LEAK; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHEST TUBE; CHEST TUBE SEAL; CHEST TUBE SUCTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE SAFETY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG DIFFUSION; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; PLEURA CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUCTION; SUCTION DRAINAGE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX PRESSURE;

AGED; CHEST TUBES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUCTION;

EID: 84876837012     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs518     Document Type: Article

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