Objectives: Cardiac surgery, including coronary artery bypass, cardiac valve, and aortic
procedures, is among the most common surgical procedures performed in the United States …

Objective: Persistent air leakage following pulmonary resection is a major limiting factor for
discharge from hospital. The aim of this study was to evaluate the sealing capacity of …

OBJECTIVES Chest drainage following cardiac surgery is used to avoid complications
related to the accumulation of blood and serous fluid in the chest. We aimed to determine …

Pericardial effusions are common following cardiac surgery; uncommonly they are large in
size and may cause tamponade, either in the early or late postoperative period. Such …

OBJECTIVES Different opinions exist as to when chest tube removal should be performed
following cardiac surgery. The aim of this study was to compare early chest tube removal …

Background. It has been standard teaching in cardiac surgery that drainage of the
mediastinum following cardiac surgical procedures is best accomplished using rigid large …

Background Cardiac tamponade is a severe complication after open heart surgery.
Diagnostic imaging is challenging in postoperative patients, especially if tamponade …

Study objectives To investigate differences in drainage amounts and early clinical outcomes
associated with the use of Silastic drains, as compared with the conventional chest tube after …

Background: There are no standard criteria for the timing of drain removal. The objective of
this study was to determine whether the macroscopic appearance of chest tube drainage …

Objective: Drainage of blood from the mediastinum and pleura following open cardiac
procedures is usually carried out using one or more large-bore plastic chest tubes. Recently …