Feasibility and safety of postoperative management without chest tube placement after thoracoscopic wedge resection of the lung

Shinji Nakashima,Atsushi Watanabe,Taijirou Mishina,Takuro Obama,Tohru Mawatari,Tetsuya Higami

Feasibility and safety of postoperative management without chest tube placement after thoracoscopic wedge resection of the lung

2011

Shinji Nakashima
Atsushi Watanabe
Taijirou Mishina
Takuro Obama
Tohru Mawatari
Tetsuya Higami

Purpose The aim of the present study was to assess the feasibility and safety of several improved criteria to avoid chest tube placement after thoracoscopic wedge resection of the lung.

Keywords:

Chest tube placement
Radiology
Lung
Thoracoscopic wedge resection
Medicine
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Surgery
postoperative management
Surgical oncology

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