Chest tube-free video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery secured by quantitative air leak monitoring: a case series

CONCLUSIONS: Chest tube-free VATS assisted by digital drainage is feasible with minimal morbidity. Its strength of quantitative air leak monitoring produces important measurements for the prediction of postoperative pneumothorax and future standardization of the procedure.PMID:36794133 | PMC:PMC9922591 | DOI:10.21037/jtd-22-1749

Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - February 16, 2023 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Qiuyuan Li Yan Jiang Junrong Ding Huan Li Weidong Zhang Hongrui Chen Hanqiao Xu Zhaoqiang Xia Liang Duan Lei Lin Source Type: research