Postoperative drainage with one chest tube is appropriate for pulmonary lobectomy: A randomized trial

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 55-61

  Tanaka, Makoto ^a   Sagawa, Motoyasu ^a   Usuda, Katsuo ^a   Machida, Yuichiro ^a   Ueno, Masakatsu ^a   Motono, Nozomu ^a   Sakuma, Tsutomu ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chest tube drainage; Lobectomy; Operation; Pain score; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHEST TUBES; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893540546     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.232.55     Document Type: Article

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