ArticleJournal of cardiothoracic surgery2021
The application analysis of 8F ultrafine chest drainage tube for thoracoscopic lobectomy of lung cancer.
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- Less pain, faster recovery: evaluating 8Fr vs. 22Fr chest tubes in thoracoscopic lung cancer resection.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Article
- Postoperative drainage with double 8F ultrafine chest tubes improves pain control and reduces specific complications in uniportal thoracoscopic lung tumor resection: a retrospective multicenter cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Comparison of Subxiphoid and Lateral Intercostal Thoracoscopic Surgery for Anterior Mediastinal Tumors: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis.Thoracic cancer · 2025Article
- Chest drain through utility vs separate incision in single-port video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy: a randomized controlled trial.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- Subcutaneous Fat Area Can Be as a Predictors of Drainage Volume After Lobectomy for Lung Cancer.Thoracic cancer · 2025Article
- Postoperative Drainage Efficacy of 8Fr Pigtail Catheter After Bullectomy: A Non-Inferiority Study.Cureus · 2024Article
- Safety of one 8.5-Fr pigtail catheter for postoperative continuous open gravity drainage after uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery pneumonectomy.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2024Article
- Enhanced recovery after surgery program focusing on chest tube management improves surgical recovery after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2024Article
- Construction of a risk index system for the prediction of chronic post-surgical pain after video-assisted thoracic surgery for lung resection: A modified Delphi study.Global health & medicine · 2023Article
- Recent advances in postoperative pulmonary rehabilitation of patients with non‑small cell lung cancer (Review).International journal of oncology · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundCurrently, thoracoscopic lobectomy is widely used in clinical practice, and postoperative placement of ultrafine drainage tube has advantages of reducing postoperative pain and accelerating postoperative recovery in patients. This study aimed to investigate the feasibility and safety of placement of 8F ultrafine chest drainage tube after thoracoscopic lobectomy and its superiority over traditional 24F chest drainage tube.
methodsA retrospective data analysis was conducted in 169 patients who underwent placement of 8F ultrafine chest drainage tube or 24F chest drainage tube with thoracoscopic lobectomy for lung cancer from January 2018 to December 2019. Propensity score matching (PSM) was used to reduce bias between the experimental group and the control group. After PSM, 134 patients (67 per group) were enrolled. The drainage time, the total drainage volume, postoperative hospital stay, postoperative pain score and postoperative complication of both groups were analyzed and compared.
resultsCompared to group B, group A had lower pain scores on postoperative days 1, 2 and 3 (3.72 ± 0.65point vs 3.94 ± 0.67point, P = 0.027; 2.72 ± 0.93point vs 3.13 ± 1.04point, P = 0.016; and 1.87 ± 0.65point vs 2.39 ± 1.22point, P = 0.005), shorter drainage time (4.25 ± 1.79d vs 6.04 ± 1.96d, P = 0.000), fewer drainage volume (1100.42 ± 701.57 ml vs 1369.39 ± 624.25 ml, P = 0.021); and shorter postoperative hospital stay (8.46 ± 2.48d vs 9.37 ± 1.70d, P = 0.014). Postoperative complications such as subcutaneous emphysema, pulmonary infection, atelectasis, chest tube reinsertion and intrathoracic hemorrhage showed no differences between both groups (P > 0.05).
conclusionCompared with 24F chest drainage tube, the application of an 8F ultrafine chest drainage tube after thoracoscopic lobectomy has significantly shortened the drainage time, reduced the total drainage volume, reduced the postoperative pain degree, shortened the hospital day, and effectively detected postoperative intrathoracic hemorrhage. So, it is considered as an effective, safe and reliable drainage method.
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