Risk of Pneumothorax Requiring Pleural Drainage after Drainless VATS Pulmonary Wedge Resection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Iris E W G LavenJean H T DaemenNicky JanssenAimée J P M FranssenMichiel H M GronenschildKarel W E HulsewéYvonne L J VissersErik Robert de Loos

Published in: Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.) (2022)

VATS wedge resection without routine chest tube placement is suggested as a safe and less invasive approach in selected patients that does not increase the risk of a pneumothorax requiring pleural drainage.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ultrasound guided
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
pulmonary hypertension
peritoneal dialysis
clinical practice
patient reported
thoracic surgery