Impact of chest tube clearance on postoperative morbidity after thoracotomy: results of a prospective, randomised trial☆ | Zendy

Sebastian Dango | Zendy; Wulf Sienel | Zendy; Bernward Passlick | Zendy; Christian Stremmel | Zendy

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Impact of chest tube clearance on postoperative morbidity after thoracotomy: results of a prospective, randomised trial☆

Author(s) -

Sebastian Dango,

Wulf Sienel,

Bernward Passlick,

Christian Stremmel

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.06.034

Subject(s) - medicine , chest tube , thoracotomy , surgery , cardiothoracic surgery , thorax (insect anatomy) , anesthesia , milking , prospective cohort study , pleural effusion , pneumothorax , history , archaeology , anatomy

In many centres of thoracic surgery, milking of chest tubes is performed to prevent them from blocking. The usefulness of chest tube clearance is discussed controversially. Therefore, we investigated the impact of postoperative chest tube milking on postoperative outcome in a prospective, randomised trial.

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