Open AccessAir leak pattern shown by digital chest drainage system predict prolonged air leakage after pulmonary resection for patients with lung cancer
Author(s) -
Yasushi Shintani,
Soichiro Funaki,
Naoko Ose,
Tomohiro Kawamura,
Ryu Kanzaki,
Masato Minami,
Meinoshin Okumura
Publication year - 2018
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.2018.05.150
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumothorax , surgery , lung cancer , lung cancer surgery , lung , leak , drainage , anesthesia , ecology , environmental engineering , biology , engineering
A common cause of complications after a pulmonary resection procedure is prolonged air leakage. Recently introduced digital drainage systems provide accurate recording of air leak data for later review. We investigated the clinical usefulness of the continuous stream of data recorded by such a device.