ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2024
Early chest tube removal within 6 hours after thoracic surgery results in improved postoperative prognosis and no adverse effects.
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- From tradition to evidence: a narrative review for standardizing chest tube management after anatomic lung resection.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Review
- Improving postoperative pain management after minimally invasive coronary surgery using methadone analgesia and early chest drain removal.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Reinforcement mesh repair for persistent pleural leakage following VATS lobectomy: a case report and clinical insights.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Article
- Suction Impact on Chest Drain Duration After Lung Resection: A Study Using Digital Drainage Systems.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- A machine learning-based predictive model for postoperative pulmonary complications in lung cancer and its SHAP interpretation.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Feasibility of uniportal thoracoscopic sublobar resection without chest tube drainage: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Clinical outcomes of digital versus traditional chest drains after thoracic surgery: a narrative review of randomised trials.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Review
- Cardiac arrest during peri-anesthetic systemic induction and maintenance in valvular heart disease: proceed or abandon? Clinical validation of a modified cardiopulmonary bypass strategy in 21 patients.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
- Development and validation of an explainable machine learning model for predicting postoperative pulmonary complications after lung cancer surgery: a machine learning study.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
- Surgical technique for uniportal VATS right S10 segmentectomy with the pulmonary ligament approach, performing the intersegmental division last.Journal of visualized surgery · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Advances in minimally invasive surgery and drainage systems have caused earlier chest-tube-removal. This retrospective study aimed to assess the safety of early chest tube removal using the institution's new criteria 6 hours after thoracic surgery. Methods: Elective thoracic surgery patients from 2017 to 2023 were reviewed for meeting or not meeting the newer institutional requirement for early chest tube removal; (I) no air leak detected under the digital drainage device observation; (II) no fluid drainage of ≥100 mL/h; (III) no ≥3 combined risks [male, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), body mass index (BMI) of <18.5 kg/m Results: Of the 942 patient charts reviewed, 244 (25.9%) met the criteria for chest tube removal within 6 hours postoperatively. This patient group did not experience adverse events. They also demonstrated shorter postoperative hospital stay (4 Conclusions: Early chest tube removal after 6 postoperative hours was deemed safe for a selected group of patients who met the criteria for early chest tube removal. This study would support the potential expansion of our early removal criteria.
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