Performance of prolonged air leak scoring systems in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery segmentectomy.

Michel GonzalezWolfram KarenovicsBenoît BédatCeline ForsterMarc-Olivier SauvainFrédéric TriponezMichel ChristodoulouThorsten KruegerJean Yannis Perentes

Published in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2022)

All 3 scoring systems were correlated with PAL > 5 days following the VATS segmentectomies. ESTS scores seem easier to introduce in clinical practice, but validation by a multicentre cohort is mandatory.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
clinical practice
minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
clinical trial
study protocol
cross sectional
randomized controlled trial
acute coronary syndrome
coronary artery disease
percutaneous coronary intervention
atrial fibrillation