Are Chest Drains Routinely Required After Thoracic Surgery? A Drainology Study of On-Table Chest Drain Removals

Are Chest Drains Routinely Required After Thoracic Surgery? A Drainology Study of On-Table Chest Drain Removals [1]

This study reports outcomes of protocolized management of chest drain removal on-table for patients undergoing wedge resections and minor thoracic procedures. Chest drains were removed at the end of the operation if air leak was < 20 ml/min. Between 2016 and 2021, 107 patients underwent on-table chest drain removal with a 0.9 percent reintervention rate. Safe on-table chest drain removal using digital drainage in select cases challenges the need for routine drain insertion in thoracic surgery.

Source name:

JTCVS Open

Resource link:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666273623001237 [3]

Subspecialty(ies):

Critical Care [4]

Thoracic [5]

Author(s):

Ashiq Abdul Khader, Aina Pons, Abigail Palmares, Sarah Booth, Chiara Proli, Paulo De Sousa, Eric Lim

Taxonomy2018 vocabulary term reference:

Minimally Invasive [6]

Critical Care [7]