A Delphi Consensus report from the "Prolonged Air Leak: A Survey" study group on prevention and management of postoperative air leaks after minimally invasive anatomical resections.
Francesco ZaracaAlessandro BrunelliMarco Damiano PipitoneAmr AbdellatifFiras Emad Abu AkarFlorian AugustinTim BatchelorAlessandro BertaniRoberto CrisciThomas D'AmicoXavier Benoit D'JournoAndrea DroghettiWentao FangAlessandro GonfiottiMiroslav JaníkMarcelo JiménezAndreas KirschbaumMarko KosticRichard LazzaroMarco LucchiAlessandro MarraSudish C MurthyCalvin Sze-Hang NgNachira DaniaAlessandro PardolesiReinhold PerkmannRené Horsleben PetersenVadim PischikMichele Dario RussoIsabelle OpitzStefano Maria DonghiPaula A UgaldeFernando VannucciGiulia VeronesiLorenzo SpaggiariPublished in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2022)
This expert consensus working group reached an agreement on the majority of issues regarding the detection and management of IAL and PAL. In the absence of prospective, randomized evidence supporting most of these clinical decisions, this document may serve as a guideline to reduce practice variation.