[Delphi Expert Consensus of the German Thoracic Surgery Society on the Management of Chest Tube Drainage].

CONCLUSION: Our manuscript depicts the results of a Delphi process in 2017 - 1018 involving experts of the German Thoracic Society from high volume departments certified for thoracic surgery. A very high rate of consensus was documented for topics such as chest tube insertion, peri-interventional management and removal algorithm. The most important topic for which there was no consensus was the case of persistent air leakage. The resulting expert recommendations of the Delphi process could be used as a starting point for internal clinical procedures. PMID: 31394582 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Zentralbl Chir Source Type: research