RESUMO. Avaliou-se, prospectivamente, o manejo dos sistemas de drenagem torácica fechada em pacientes adultos no Hospital Universitário de Maringá, Estado do Paraná, no período de dez meses. Foram acompanhadas 90 drenagens em 75 pacientes. Predominou a causa traumática em pacientes jovens como determinante de indicação da drenagem pleural (61/90, 68%). A falta do curativo em meso e contrameso, como fixação complementar do dreno, foi a ocorrência isolada mais comum no manejo, sendo encontrado rotineiramente em 20% (18/90). A presença de obstrução (por dobramento, sifonagem, coágulo ou fibrina) esteve presente em 12% das drenagens (11/90) e complicações (enfisema subcutâneo, infecção, deslocamento acidental, pneumotórax na retirada do dreno) em 21% (20/90). O manejo apropriado da drenagem torácica reduz a morbidade associada ao método. Esta pesquisa ressalta a importância do treinamento continuado e do estabelecimento de manuais que padronizem condutas para os profissionais da saúde que manejam o sistema de drenagem torácica.Palavras-chave: drenagem, tubos torácicos, toracostomia, cavidade pleural, cirurgia torácica.ABSTRACT. Care with the thoracic drainage system in adults at the Universitary Hospital of Maringá, Paraná State, Brazil. The handling of adults' closed thoracic drainage systems at the University Hospital of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná State, Brazil during a 10-month period was prospectively evaluated. Ninety thoracic drainages in 75 patients were analyzed. Traumatic causes in young patients determined pleural drainage (61/90, 68%). The absence of an omental tag of tape as a complementary tube fixation was the most common, albeit isolated case, occurrence in the procedure. In fact, it has been routinely found in 20% (18/90) of cases. Whereas tube obstruction (due to kinking, siphoning, clotting or fibrin) was detected in 12% (11/90) of drainage cases, drainage complications (subcutaneous emphysema, infection, accidental dislodgement, pneumothorax following chest tube removal) occurred in 21% (20/90) of cases. Adequate handling of tube thoracostomy reduces morbidity related to this procedure. Current research enhances the importance of continuous training and of textbooks that would standardize procedures for health teams whose role involves interventions in the thoracic drainage system.

Introduction: bariatric surgery is the main treatment for cases of severe obesity and body contour surgery to correct body dysmorphia resulting from weight loss. However, these procedures are associated with a significant number of postoperative complications. Objective: this study aims to analyze complications in post-bariatric patients undergoing body contour surgeries and correlating them with the age and BMI of these patients. Methods: the current study is a retrospective study evaluating 180 consecutive patients undergoing body contour surgery after bariatric surgery within a period of three years (2014-2016). Data such as age, gender, Body Mass Index before bariatric and plastic surgeries, type of surgery performed and complications were collected, and correlated the age as well as the BMI of the patients in the pre-bariatric (PB) and pre-plastic (PP) periods with the complications presented. Results: of the 180 patients evaluated, 91.7% were females (n = 165), and the mean age was 46.3 ± 1.7 years. The most performed surgery was abdominoplasty (48.9%), followed by mammaplasty (21.1%). Some complications occurred in 26.1% of the patients with partial dehiscence (40.4%) and seroma (14.9%) being the most frequent. Patients who presented complications had a higher mean age (50.8 years) than those who presented with no complications, and major complications accounted for 2.7% of the sample. Conclusions: a statistically significant number of surgeries progressed without complications and, when they occurred, there were minor complications in most of the sample. Complications were more frequent in older patients with some of them having a BMI over 30 Kg/m2.

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