Reduction in drain-related adverse events using the barbed suture method for chest tube wound closure.

Shohei MoriMakoto OdakaYu SuyamaYo TsukamotoMaki OhRintaro ShigemoriNaoki ToyaTakashi Ohtsuka

Published in: General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2024)

The barbed suture method could reduce drain-related adverse events compared to the conventional method. Therefore, it might be a potential standard method for chest tube wound closure in patients undergoing general thoracic surgery.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
thoracic surgery
risk assessment
climate change
surgical site infection
wound healing