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. 2020 May 24;15:112. doi: 10.1186/s13019-020-01164-5

Table 3.

Summary of articles reporting on chest tube in patients with thoracic surgery

Author YOP Study Period TP NCT CT CT Group
OT BL
(mL)
OM LOS PN SE PT AT
Cheng [13] 2019 2014–2018 282 246 36 48 ± 6 3 ± 0.4 VATS 2 202 (82.11%) 2 (0.8%)
Watanabe [14] 2017 1998–2002 93 42 34 VATS WR 3.6 ± 1.5 1 (2.9%) 1 (2.9%)
Murakami [15] 2017 2012–2014 162 102 60 VATS 12.9 ± 7.8 5 (8.3%) 4 (6.7%)
Steunenberg [16] 2017 2011–2014 49 28 21 VATS WR 4 1 (4.7%) 1 (4.7%)
Lu [17] 2016 2013–2015 89 44 45 VATS WR 4.1 ± 0.8 24 (53.3%) 0 (0%)
Yang [7] 2016 2015–2016 60 30 30 79 ± 32 Uniportal VATS WR 4.4 ± 1.3 4 (13.3%)
Holbek [18] 2016 2015 166 51 0
Cui [8] 2016 2012–2016 173 21 19 39 ± 12 24.7 ± 12.3 VATS 3.9 ± 2.7 2 (10.5%)
Ueda [19] 2013 2011–2012 50 29 21 198 ± 78 189 ± 230 VATS 1 (4.7%)
Nakashima [20] 2010 2000–2009 333 132 201 VATS WR 6.7 ± 4.4 8 (4.0%)

YOP year of publication, TP Total Patients, NCT No chest tube, CT Chest tube, M male, F female, - Not report, VATS video-assisted thoracic surgery, LOS length of stay, PN Pneumonia, SE Subcutaneous emphysema, PT Pneumothorax, AT Arrhythmia, OT Operation time, WR wedge resection, OM Operation method, BL Blood loss