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EACTS expert consensus statement for surgical management of pleural empyema Open
Pleural infection is a frequent clinical condition. Prompt treatment has been shown to reduce hospital costs, morbidity and mortality. Recent advances in treatment have been variably implemented in clinical practice. This statement reviews…
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Effect of Thoracoscopic Talc Poudrage vs Talc Slurry via Chest Tube on Pleurodesis Failure Rate Among Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusions Open
ISRCTN Identifier: ISRCTN47845793.
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Lung Ultrasound Diagnostic Accuracy in Neonatal Pneumothorax Open
Background . Pneumothorax (PTX) still remains a common cause of morbidity in critically ill and ventilated neonates. At the present time, lung ultrasound (LUS) is not included in the diagnostic work-up of PTX in newborns despite of excelle…
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Chest Tube Drainage of the Pleural Space: A Concise Review for Pulmonologists Open
Chest tube insertion is a common procedure usually done for the purpose of draining accumulated air or fluid in the pleural cavity. Small-bore chest tubes (≤14F) are generally recommended as the first-line therapy for spontaneous pneumotho…
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ERS/ESTS statement on the management of pleural infection in adults Open
Pleural infection is a common condition encountered by respiratory physicians and thoracic surgeons alike. The European Respiratory Society (ERS) and European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) established a multidisciplinary collaboratio…
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Hemothorax: A Review of the Literature Open
Hemothorax is a collection of blood in the pleural cavity usually from traumatic injury. Chest X-ray has historically been the imaging modality of choice upon arrival to the hospital. The sensitivity and specificity of point-of-care ultras…
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Modalities and Complications Associated With the Use of High-Flow Nasal Cannula: Experience in a Pediatric ICU Open
Support with HFNC following a clinical protocol in pediatric ICUs was associated with a relatively low rate of complications. Since HFNC use is increasing, further evidence is needed to confirm its efficacy and safety.
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Chest trauma: First 48 hours management Open
Chest trauma remains an issue for health services for both severe and apparently mild trauma management. Severe chest trauma is associated with high mortality and is considered liable for 25% of mortality in multiple traumas. Moreover, mil…
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Randomised comparison of needle aspiration and chest tube drainage in spontaneous pneumothorax Open
Guidelines on spontaneous pneumothorax are contradictory as to intervention between needle aspiration (NA) and chest tube drainage (CTD). Studies show poor adherence to guidelines. Three Norwegian hospitals included patients with primary (…
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Comparison of non-intubated versus intubated video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy for lung cancer Open
The perioperative surgical outcomes for the non-intubated video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy are comparable to the intubated technique. Non-intubated video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy is safe and is technically feasible. However, …
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Tubeless video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) under non-intubated, intravenous anesthesia with spontaneous ventilation and no placement of chest tube postoperatively Open
In this study, our experience has shown that tubeless VATS is a safe and feasible surgery with certain advantages in selected patients with thoracic disease and that we can achieve day surgery in these cases.
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Surgical treatment versus conventional chest tube drainage in primary spontaneous pneumothorax: a randomized controlled trial† Open
ClinicalTrial.gov: NCT 02866305.
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Electronic versus traditional chest tube drainage following lobectomy: a randomized trial Open
Electronic drainage systems did not reduce chest tube duration or length of hospitalization significantly compared with traditional water seal drainage when a strict algorithm for chest tube removal was used. This algorithm allowed delegat…
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Fissureless fissure-last video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy for all lung lobes: a better alternative to decrease the incidence of prolonged air leak? Open
Fissureless fissure-last VATS lobectomy is a feasible and equivalent to conventional VATS lobectomy in terms of operation time, stapler use and complications. Fissureless fissure-last VATS lobectomy, however, appears to be a superior techn…
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Robotic versus thoracoscopic lung resection Open
Therefore, we conclude that RVATS is a suitable minimal-invasive procedure for lung resection and suitable alternative to VATS. RVATS is as time-efficient as VATS and shows a trend to reduced hospital stay and drainage duration. More and b…
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Tube thoracostomy during the COVID-19 pandemic: guidance and recommendations from the AAST Acute Care Surgery and Critical Care Committees Open
This document provides guidance for trauma and acute care surgeons surrounding the placement, management and removal of chest tubes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Comprehensive Review of Chest Tube Management Open
Chest tube management is subjective, but the compilation of data can inform best practices and safe application to successfully manage the pleural space and ameliorate acquired pleural space disease.
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Non-intubated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery vs. intubated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for thoracic disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 1,684 cases Open
NIVATS is a safe, efficient and feasible technique for thoracic surgery and may be a better alternative procedure owing to its advantage in reducing postoperative complications rate, hospital stay, and chest pain.
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Unidirectional endobronchial valves for management of persistent air-leaks: results of a multicenter study Open
Valve treatment for persistent air leaks is an effective procedure. The reduction of hospitalization costs related to early resolution of air-leaks could overcome the procedural cost.
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Active clearance of chest drainage catheters reduces retained blood Open
ATC is associated with a reduced need for interventions for RBS and postoperative atrial fibrillation. Our findings underscore the importance of maintaining chest tube patency in the early hours after cardiac surgery.
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Perioperative outcomes of radical lobectomies using robotic-assisted thoracoscopic technique vs. video-assisted thoracoscopic technique: retrospective study of 1,075 consecutive p-stage I non-small cell lung cancer cases Open
This study confirms that RAL3 is a safer and more effective technique than VAL for the treatment of early-stage NSCLC.
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Optimizing postoperative care protocols in thoracic surgery: best evidence and new technology. Open
Postoperative clinical pathways have been shown to improve postoperative care and decrease length of stay in hospital. In thoracic surgery there is a need to develop chest tube management pathways. This paper considers four aspects of ches…
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Primary spontaneous pneumothorax: a cohort study of VATS with talc poudrage Open
The marked difference in recurrence between smokers and non-smokers suggests this as an important predictor of outcome. This study demonstrates a low incidence of recurrence and complications for patients with PSP undergoing VATS with talc…
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Clinical Utility of Chest Computed Tomography in Patients with Rib Fractures CT Chest and Rib Fractures Open
The chest X-ray missed ~75% of rib fractures seen on chest CT. Although patients with a clinical meaningful increase in the number of rib fractures were more likely to be admitted to the intensive care unit, there was no associated improve…
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Evaluation of App-Based Serious Gaming as a Training Method in Teaching Chest Tube Insertion to Medical Students: Randomized Controlled Trial Open
German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS) DRKS00009994; https://www.drks.de/drks_web/navigate.do?navigationId=trial.HTML&TRIAL_ID=DRKS00009994 (Archived by Webcite at http://www.webcitation.org/6ytWF1CWg).
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Suction on chest drains following lung resection: evidence and practice are not aligned Open
Application of suction to chest drains following non-pneumonectomy lung resection is common practice. Suction has an effect in hastening the removal of air and fluid in clinical experience but a policy of suction after lung resection has n…
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The Society for Translational Medicine: clinical practice guidelines for the postoperative management of chest tube for patients undergoing lobectomy Open
The Society for Translational Medicine and The Chinese Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery conducted a systematic review of the literature in an attempt to improve our understanding in the postoperative management of chest tube…
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A Matched Comparison Study of Uniportal Versus Triportal Thoracoscopic Lobectomy and Sublobectomy for Early-stage Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer Open
Uniportal thoracoscopic lobectomy and sublobectomy is safe and feasible, with comparable short-term outcomes with triportal thoracoscopic pulmonary resection. Uniportal lobectomy and sublobectomy lead to similar cure rate as triportal lobe…
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Acupuncture-Induced Haemothorax: A Rare Iatrogenic Complication of Acupuncture Open
This paper reports a rare iatrogenic complication of acupuncture-induced haemothorax and comments on the importance and need for special education of physicians and physiotherapists in order to apply safe and effective acupuncture treatmen…
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Digital chest drainage is better than traditional chest drainage following pulmonary surgery: a meta-analysis Open
In this systematic review with meta-analysis, we sought to determine the current strength of evidence for or against digital and traditional chest drainage systems following pulmonary surgery with regards to hard clinical end points and co…