Electronic chest tube drainage devices and low suction following video-assisted thoracoscopic pulmonary lobectomy

Jessica A Bowman¹, Garth H Utter^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
² Department of Surgery Outcomes Research Group, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.

Editorial

Jessica A Bowman et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 May.

. 2019 May;11(5):1738-1741.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.05.26.

Jessica A Bowman¹, Garth H Utter^{1

2}

¹ Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
² Department of Surgery Outcomes Research Group, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

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

The effects of low suction on digital drainage devices after lobectomy using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a randomized controlled trial†.
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