A novel suture technique in closing the single drainage tube hole in uni-portal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Author(s) -
Terumoto Koike,
Seijiro Sato,
Masanori Tsuchida
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of translational medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2305-5847
pISSN - 2305-5839
DOI - 10.21037/atm.2020.03.35
Subject(s) - closing (real estate) , fibrous joint , medicine , video assisted thoracoscopic surgery , surgery , chest tube , pneumothorax , political science , law
Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan Correspondence to: Terumoto Koike, MD, PhD. Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8510, Japan. Email: t-koike@kj8.so-net.ne.jp. Provenance: This is an invited article commissioned by the Editorial Office, Annals of Translational Medicine. Comment on: Xu Y, Guo Z, Huang J, et al. Simple continuous suture to strengthen the closure of intra-muscle used in the removal of uni-portal videoassisted thoracoscopic surgery thoracic drainage tube. Ann Transl Med 2019;7:764.
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