Free of choice on anterior and posterior chest tube position after lung cancer resection.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The optimal location to insert a chest tube for postoperative drainage has not been identified. We performed a retrospective equivalence study to identify whether the efficiency is similar regarding anterior or posterior position of chest tube in thoracic cavity after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for non-small-cell lung cancer.

Methods

A retrospective review of 4263 patients undergoing non-small-cell lung cancer resection from October 2009 to August 2019 in the Western China Lung Cancer Database was conducted. Propensity score matching was performed to balance baseline characteristics between anterior and posterior groups. Chest tube duration, drainage volume, postoperative complications and hospitalization cost were compared. Equivalence margin was define

SUBMITTER: Pu Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9387293 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature