@article{JTD33841,
author = {Mateja Ladan and René Horsleben Petersen},
title = {Benefits of omitting chest drain after thoracoscopic major lung resection},
journal = {Journal of Thoracic Disease},
volume = {11},
number = {12},
year = {2019},
keywords = {},
abstract = {The usage of chest drains after thoracic surgery was first reported in 1922 and has been a routine part of the procedures since the 1950s (1). Aside from draining the pleural cavity of air and excess fluid, the indication for chest drains is to prevent a possible pneumothorax from evolving into a pressure pneumothorax and to help and guide the surgeons in the decision making of the need for redo- surgery.},
issn = {2077-6624}, url = {https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/33841}
}