A chest tube after robotic thymectomy is unnecessaryCentral MessagePerspective

Objective: Chest tubes are frequently placed after thymectomy, without data to support this common practice. We report our experience in eliminating them after robotic thymectomy. Methods: This is a retrospective database review of patients who underwent robotic thymectomy performed by a single surg...

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Main Authors: Ashley J. McCormack, MD, Mohamed El Zaeedi, MD, Michael Dorsey, MD, Robert J. Cerfolio, MD, MBA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:JTCVS Open
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666273623003236