Routine chest X-rays after the removal of chest tubes are not necessary following esophagectomy | Zendy

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Routine chest X-rays after the removal of chest tubes are not necessary following esophagectomy

Author(s) -

B. Feike Kingma,

Onno M. Marges,

Richard van Hillegersberg,

Jelle P. Ruurda

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of thoracic disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 2077-6624

pISSN - 2072-1439

DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.12.74

Subject(s) - medicine , chest tube , esophagectomy , surgery , radiological weapon , prospective cohort study , radiology , esophageal cancer , pneumothorax , cancer

Chest X-rays (CXRs) are commonly performed after removing chest tubes following surgery. However, the value of this practice is unclear for patients who underwent esophagectomy. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the clinical relevance of routinely performing a CXR after chest tube removal during the postoperative course of esophagectomy.

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