title: Less pain with flexible fluted silicone chest drains than with conventional rigid chest tubes after cardiac surgery.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Echocardiography, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom. akowuah@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Enoch
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Akowuah
authors.forename: Eu Chin
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Rina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brennan
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tennant
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Braidley
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015505:Chest Tubes; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D012828:Silicones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D012828:Silicones