Postoperative management using a digital drainage system for massive air leakage after pulmonary resection

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PURPOSE: To elucidate clinical outcomes using a digital drainage system (DDS) for massive air leakage (MAL) after pulmonary resection.

METHODS: A total of 135 consecutive patients with pulmonary resection air leakage of > 100 ml/min on the DDS were evaluated retrospectively. In this study, MAL was defined as ≥ 1000 ml/min on the DDS. We analyzed the clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes of patients with MAL compared with non-MAL (101-999 ml/min). Using the DDS data, the duration of the air leak was plotted with the Kaplan‒Meier method and compared using the log-rank test.

RESULTS: MAL was detected in 19 (14%) patients. The proportions of heavy smokers (P = 0.04) and patients with emphysematous lung (P = 0.03) and interstitial lung disease (P < 0.01) were higher in the MAL group than in the non-MAL group. The MAL group had a higher persistence rate of air leakage at 120 h after surgery than the non-MAL group (P < 0.01) and required significantly more frequent pleurodesis (P < 0.01). Drainage failure occurred in 2 (11%) and 5 (4%) patients from the MAL and non-MAL groups, respectively. Neither reoperation nor 30-day surgical mortality was observed in patients with MAL.

CONCLUSIONS: MAL was able to be treated conservatively without surgery using the DDS.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:54

Enthalten in:

Surgery today - 54(2024), 2 vom: 01. Jan., Seite 130-137

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ueda, Takuya [VerfasserIn]
Takamochi, Kazuya [VerfasserIn]
Hattori, Aritoshi [VerfasserIn]
Fukui, Mariko [VerfasserIn]
Matsunaga, Takeshi [VerfasserIn]
Suzuki, Kenji [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Digital drainage system
Empyema
Journal Article
Massive air leakage
Prolonged air leakage
Pulmonary resection

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Date Completed 23.01.2024

Date Revised 23.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00595-023-02703-y

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM35707016X