Does external pleural suction reduce prolonged air leak after lung resection? Results from the AirINTrial after 500 randomized cases

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1234-1239

  Leo, Francesco ^a   Duranti, Leonardo ^b   Girelli, Lara ^b   Furia, Simone ^b   Billè, Andrea ^b   Garofalo, Giuseppe ^b   Scanagatta, Paolo ^b   Giovannetti, Riccardo ^b   Pastorino, Ugo ^b  

^a Thoracic Surgery Unit Centre Hospitalier de Perigueux   (France)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATELECTASIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL PLEURAL SUCTION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEIMLICH MANEUVER DEVICE; HEIMLICH VALVE; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURAL CATHETER; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED AIR LEAK; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SUCTION PUMP; THORAX DRAINAGE;

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AIR; CHEST TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885289607     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.079     Document Type: Conference Paper

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