ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2017
Barbed suture material technique for wound closure and concomitant tube placement in uniportal VATS for pneumothorax.
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- What is the best way to secure a chest drain? A scoping review.Journal of the Intensive Care Society · 2026Article
- Reduction in drain-related adverse events using the barbed suture method for chest tube wound closure.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2024Article
- Safety and feasibility of a novel chest tube placement in uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for non-small cell lung cancer.Thoracic cancer · 2023Article
- Experience of a modified chest tube suture-fixation technique in uniportal thoracoscopic pulmonary resection.BMC surgery · 2023Article
- An improved method of anchoring chest drain and suture technique for Uni-portal VATS incision.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2021Article
- Polyglycolic acid sheet with fibrin glue technique without pleural abrasion in uniportal VATS for primary spontaneous pneumothorax.Journal of thoracic disease · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundUniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is an alternative modality for treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) with its less invasiveness and acceptable surgical outcomes. However, a few reports have been introduced for wound management to achieve better cosmetic wound healing and for placement of the chest tube in uniportal VATS. Thus, we aimed to evaluate the feasibility of our novel method for wound closure and concomitant tube placement using continuous barbed suture material in uniportal VATS for PSP.
methodsBetween July 2012 and December 2015, consecutive 31 patients (22 males) underwent uniportal VATS to treat PSP. Bilateral approaches were performed in four patients, thus total 35 cases were enrolled. We divided them into two groups with one group of 17 (48.5%) cases (group A), using barbed absorbable wound closure device for knotless continuous wound closure and subsequent chest tube anchoring, and the other group of 18 (51.4%) cases (group B), using conventional suture anchoring after skin closure using absorbable suture device. Postoperative surgical outcomes were compared to assess the feasibility of this technique.
resultsDemographic data demonstrate no significant difference in both groups. There was no significant difference in length of hospital stay (3.7±1.2
conclusionsKnotless, barbed suture material technique for continuous wound closure with concomitant chest tube placement achieved equivocal outcomes in comparison to the conventional suture anchoring method. We suggest this simple technique for wound closure and easy tube removal with cosmetic wound healing in uniportal VATS for PSP.
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