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Table 3 Summary of articles reporting on chest tube in patients with thoracic surgery

From: No drains in thoracic surgery with ERAS program

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%)

–

  1. 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