Original Article
Feasibility and safety of early chest tube removal after complete video‑assisted thoracic lobectomy Jiang H*, Wang J*, Yuan DF1, Fang JW2, Li Z3 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250021, 1Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450008, 2Department of Thoracic Surgery, Weifang Traditional Chinese Hospital, Weifang 261041, China, 3Zhangjiang Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China *
Jiang H and Wang J contributed equally to the study
Correspondence to: Dr. Hua Jiang, E‑mail: [email protected]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim was to evaluate the feasibility and safety of early chest tube removal after complete video‑assisted thoracic lobectomy (CVATL). METHODS: Retrospective analysis was performed on effects of chest tube removal on patients with lung cancer after pulmonary lobectomy between
November 2013 and October 2014. 154 eligible patients included 97 cases for CVATL and 57 cases for open thoracic lobectomy. Patients with CVATL were divided randomly into experimental group (EG) and control group (CG), in which 51 patients in EG had chest tube removal on the 2nd day after operation; 46 patients in CG had the tube removal when the drainage volume
Feasibility and safety of early chest tube removal after complete video‑assisted thoracic lobectomy Jiang H*, Wang J*, Yuan DF1, Fang JW2, Li Z3 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250021, 1Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450008, 2Department of Thoracic Surgery, Weifang Traditional Chinese Hospital, Weifang 261041, China, 3Zhangjiang Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China *
Jiang H and Wang J contributed equally to the study
Correspondence to: Dr. Hua Jiang, E‑mail: [email protected]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim was to evaluate the feasibility and safety of early chest tube removal after complete video‑assisted thoracic lobectomy (CVATL). METHODS: Retrospective analysis was performed on effects of chest tube removal on patients with lung cancer after pulmonary lobectomy between
November 2013 and October 2014. 154 eligible patients included 97 cases for CVATL and 57 cases for open thoracic lobectomy. Patients with CVATL were divided randomly into experimental group (EG) and control group (CG), in which 51 patients in EG had chest tube removal on the 2nd day after operation; 46 patients in CG had the tube removal when the drainage volume
