ArticleJournal of cardiothoracic surgery2022
Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery without drainage-tube placement for pulmonary wedge resection: a single-center retrospective study.
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- Multimodal digital assessment of early recovery after chest tube omission in early-stage lung cancer patients undergoing wedge resection: a post hoc analysis of a prospective cohort.Translational lung cancer research · 2026Article
- Feasibility of uniportal thoracoscopic sublobar resection without chest tube drainage: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Challenging tradition: Pediatric thoracotomy can be performed safely without a chest tube: A retrospective study.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2025Article
- Comparison of thoracoscopy-guided thoracic paravertebral block and patient-controlled intravenous analgesia for postoperative analgesia after uniportal thoracoscopic pulmonary wedge resection: a prospective randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Drainology: Leveraging research in chest-drain management to enhance recovery after cardiothoracic surgery.JTCVS techniques · 2024Article
- Editorial: Early chest drain removal following lung resection.Frontiers in surgery · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundUniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery without drainage-tube placement has been demonstrated to be safe and feasible for select situations. The purpose of this study is to assess the demographic, baseline, and intraoperative characteristics of patients who developed residual pneumothorax after thoracic surgery without drainage-tube placement.
methodsWe reviewed the records of all patients who underwent pulmonary wedge resection via uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery without drainage-tube placement between May 2019 and May 2022. The decision to omit chest-tube drainage was originally made on a case-by-case basis, using internal criteria. Postoperative chest radiography was performed on the day of surgery, on postoperative day 1, at the first outpatient visit, and at 1 month after surgery.
resultsA total of 134 patients met the selection criteria; 23 (17.2%) had residual pneumothorax on chest radiography on postoperative day 1, and 5 (3.7%) had residual pneumothorax at the first outpatient visit. Only 1 patient (0.7%) had residual pneumothorax on chest radiography at 1 month after surgery; this patient did not require chest-tube insertion or any other intervention. The presence of partial pleural adhesions independently increased the risk for postoperative residual pneumothorax on chest radiography, whereas older patient age reduced the risk.
conclusionsUniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for pulmonary wedge resection without drainage-tube placement is both safe and feasible for carefully selected patients. Most patients with residual pneumothorax in our study experienced spontaneous resolution, and none required reintervention.
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