The process and safety of removing chest tubes 4 to 12 hours after robotic pulmonary lobectomy and segmentectomyCentral MessagePerspective [PDF]
JTCVS Open, 2023 Objective: Chest tubes cause pain and morbidity. Methods: This is a quality initiative study and review of patients who underwent robotic pulmonary resection by 1 surgeon (R.J.C.).
Ashley J. McCormack, MD +3 more
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Comparing complications of small-bore chest tubes to large-bore chest tubes in the setting of delayed hemothorax: a retrospective multicenter cohort study [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2020 Background Previous studies have provided initial data suggesting that small-bore (SB, ≤ 14Fr) chest tubes have the same efficacy as large-bore (LB, > 14 Fr) chest tubes for acute hemothorax (HTX), but data continue to be lacking in the setting of ...
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Active clearance vs conventional management of chest tubes after cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled study [PDF]
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2021 Background Chest tubes are routinely used after cardiac surgery to evacuate shed mediastinal blood. Incomplete chest drainage due to chest tube clogging can lead to retained blood after cardiac surgery.
Samuel St-Onge +7 more
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Automated line-clearing chest tubes reduce postoperative pain and atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgeryCentral MessagePerspective [PDF]
JTCVS OpenObjective: Recent advancements in chest tube technologies have gained interest for their ability to enhance postoperative recovery via reduction of retained blood syndrome after cardiothoracic surgery.
Elbert E. Heng, MD +5 more
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Presence of chest tubes does not affect the hemodynamic efficacy of standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation [PDF]
Journal of Intensive Care, 2017 Background During cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), chest tubes can hinder increases in intrathoracic pressure by venting the pressure during chest compressions, thus reducing the blood flow generated by the thoracic pump effect.
Gu Hyun Kang +9 more
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Is it safe to remove the chest tube in the operating room after robotic lobectomy, segmentectomy, and wedge resection with lymphadenectomy? [PDF]
Frontiers in SurgeryBackgroundWe have previously shown that it is safe to remove chest tubes within four hours after robotic pulmonary resection with aggressive thoracic lymphadenectomy in patients without an air leak.MethodsThis is a prospective quality improvement study ...
Ashley J. McCormack +2 more
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Thoracentesis, Chest Tubes, and Tunneled Chest Drains. [PDF]
Semin Intervent Radiol, 2022 Anand K, Kaufman CS, Quencer KB.
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Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2023 Objective: To compare pain and other complications with the use of large versus small-bore chest tubes in patients managed for Stage-I empyema thoracis. Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
Muhammad Usman +5 more
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An automated line-clearing chest tube system after cardiac surgeryCentral MessagePerspective
JTCVS Open, 2022 Objective: To complete the first in-human study of the automated line clearance Thoraguard chest tube system. The study focuses on the viability and efficacy of the device in comparison with conventional models as well as secondary matters such as ...
Oluwatomisin Olurotimi Obafemi, MD +5 more
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Animals, 2022 First-line therapy for cats with pyothorax consists of intravenous antibiotics, drainage of the septic pleural effusion and closed-chest lavage. Large-bore thoracostomy tubes are traditionally used for drainage, but case series indicate a comparable ...
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