ArticleKardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery2021
Early removal of chest drains in patients following off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (OPCAB) is not inferior to standard care - study in the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) group.
Article in Kardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Chest tube removal after cardiac surgery in first vs. second post-operative day: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Improving postoperative pain management after minimally invasive coronary surgery using methadone analgesia and early chest drain removal.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Optimizing Recovery in Cardiac Surgery: A Narrative Review of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocols and Clinical Outcomes.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Effect of rapid rehabilitation surgery on postoperative rehabilitation, complications and long-term prognosis in radical laryngectomy: a PSM matching study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Drainology: Leveraging research in chest-drain management to enhance recovery after cardiothoracic surgery.JTCVS techniques · 2024Article
- Framework, component, and implementation of enhanced recovery pathways.Journal of anesthesia · 2022Review
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Abstract
introductionOnly a few studies have concerned the timing of chest drains' removal in cardiac surgery patients following the coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). None of them pertained to the off-pump CABG (OPCAB) procedure.
aimTo compare thoracic drainage time in OPCAB patients before the implementation of the institutional Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol and after that. MATERIAL AND
methodsIt was a single-center observational study concerning patients following OPCAB. Two groups of patients were analyzed: after implementing the ERAS protocol, the ERAS group, and before this period, the standard care group (STAND group). The primary outcome of this study was to compare postoperative drainage time in the ERAS and STAND groups. The other outcomes included comparing transfused blood products, postoperative complications, surgical technique, postoperative ventilation and the intensive care unit stay time.
resultsSixty patients in the ERAS and 112 in the STAND group were analyzed. The postoperative drainage time was shorter in the ERAS than in the STAND group: 20 (17-22) vs. 30 (27-35) h,
conclusionsThe early removal of chest drains after OPCAB does not increase the risk of postoperative complications and demand for blood products. However, its impact on patients' morbidity needs further studies.
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