Comparison between use of a pleural drainage system with flutter valve and a conventional water-seal drainage system after lung resection: a randomized prospective study
Rodrigo Caetano de Souza,
Lilianne Louise Silva de Morais,
Mario Claudio Ghefter
et al.
Abstract:BACKGROUND:
There is still a debate regarding the most appropriate pleural collector model to ensure a short hospital stay and minimum complications.
OBJECTIVES:
To study aimed to compare the time of air leak, time to drain removal, and length of hospital stay between a standard water-seal drainage system and a pleural collector system with a unidirectional flutter valve and rigid chamber.
DESIGN AND SETTING:
A randomized prospective clinical… Show more
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