Early chest tube removal after video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy with serous fluid production up to 500 ml/day

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 241-246

  Bjerregaard, Lars S ^a   Jensen, Katrine ^a   Petersen, Rene Horsleben ^a   Hansen, Henrik Jessen ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chest tube; Fast track surgery; Lobectomy; Pleural effusion; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEST TUBE; CHEST TUBE REMOVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS FEEDING; LOBECTOMY; LUNG FLUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIME TO TREATMENT; TUBE REMOVAL; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

CHEST TUBE; FAST-TRACK SURGERY; LOBECTOMY; PLEURAL EFFUSION; VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY;

AGED; CHEST TUBES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONECTOMY; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84892554646     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt376     Document Type: Article

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