Electronic versus traditional chest tube drainage following lobectomy: A randomized trial

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 893-898

  Lijkendijk, Marike ^a   Licht, Peter B ^a   Neckelmann, Kirsten ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Air leak; Chest tube; Electronic pleural drainage system; Fast track surgery; Postoperative management; Pulmonary lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEST TUBE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC CHEST TUBE DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX DRAINAGE; TRADITIONAL CHEST TUBE DRAINAGE; TUBE REMOVAL; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; DRAINAGE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG RESECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SUCTION; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHEST TUBES; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; SUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84947481554     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezu535     Document Type: Article

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