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Editorial
. 2018 Dec;10(12):6432-6435.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.11.47.

Chest tube management in patients undergoing lobectomy

Yasushi Shintani  1 , Soichiro Funaki  1 , Naoko Ose  1 , Takashi Kanou  1 , Ryu Kanzaki  1 , Masato Minami  1 , Meinoshin Okumura  1
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Editorial

Chest tube management in patients undergoing lobectomy

Yasushi Shintani et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Dec.
No abstract available

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Representative chest roentgenogram images. (A) Blake drainage tube inserted from anterior apical portion of lung descending into dorsal region after right upper lobectomy; (B) Blake drainage tube inserted from posterior portion of lung ascending into visceral region after lower lobectomy.
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Comment on

  • The Society for Translational Medicine: clinical practice guidelines for the postoperative management of chest tube for patients undergoing lobectomy.
    Gao S, Zhang Z, Aragón J, Brunelli A, Cassivi S, Chai Y, Chen C, Chen C, Chen G, Chen H, Chen JS, Cooke DT, Downs JB, Falcoz PE, Fang W, Filosso PL, Fu X, Force SD, Garutti MI, Gonzalez-Rivas D, Gossot D, Hansen HJ, He J, He J, Holbek BL, Hu J, Huang Y, Ibrahim M, Imperatori A, Ismail M, Jiang G, Jiang H, Jiang Z, Kim HK, Li D, Li G, Li H, Li Q, Li X, Li Y, Li Z, Lim E, Liu CC, Liu D, Liu L, Liu Y, Lobdell KW, Ma H, Mao W, Mao Y, Mou J, Ng CSH, Novoa NM, Petersen RH, Oizumi H, Papagiannopoulos K, Pompili C, Qiao G, Refai M, Rocco G, Ruffini E, Salati M, Seguin-Givelet A, Sihoe ADL, Tan L, Tan Q, Tong T, Tsakiridis K, Venuta F, Veronesi G, Villamizar N, Wang H, Wang Q, Wang R, Wang S, Wright GM, Xie D, Xue Q, Xue T, Xu L, Xu S, Xu S, Yan T, Yu F, Yu Z, Zhang C, Zhang L, Zhang T, Zhang X, Zhao X, Zhao X, Zhi X, Zhou Q. Gao S, et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Sep;9(9):3255-3264. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.08.165. J Thorac Dis. 2017. PMID: 29221303 Free PMC article. Review.

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