The benefits of digital thoracic drainage system for outpatients undergoing pulmonary resection surgery.

Since digital thoracic drainage system (DTDS) came onto the market, a number of its advantages have become clear, for example that of eliminating the differences between observers. The withdrawal of thoracic drainage has been found to be comfortable, safe and well tolerated by patients; it helps to reduce or eliminate the cost of hospital stay, because, according to the different series published in recent months, it is possible to withdraw drainage sooner and thus discharge patients earlier. Prospective studies are underway, but as yet nothing has been written about the possible benefits in outpatient surgery programmes. In this report we present our findings of 3 cases of patients undergoing pulmonary resection who were treated with continuous intra-domiciliary DTDS. Pending the results of a prospective study now underway our observation is that with properly selected patients this is a safe method.

Derrame pericárdico, pericarditis y sepsis como complicación tardía de corrección de un pectus excavatum por técnica de Nuss / Pericardial effusion, pericarditis and sepsis as late complication of correction of a pectus excavatum with the Nuss technique

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