title: A meta-analysis assessing the benefits of concomitant pleural tent procedure after upper lobectomy.
abstract: A meta-analysis comparing outcomes of upper lobectomies with or without pleural tenting was performed. Five trials comprising 396 patients were selected. There was significantly reduced duration of hospital stay, chest drain use, and air leak in the pleural tenting group compared with the group without the pleural tent. There was also a significant reduction in number of patients with prolonged air leak more than 7 days in pleural tenting group. No other difference was noted in other outcomes such as total drainage, operative time, or hospital costs. In patients at high-risk of air leak, we advocate concomitant use of the pleural tent after upper lobectomies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: mohsinuzzaman@yahoo.co.uk.
authors.forename: Mohammed M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Uzzaman
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Daniel Robb
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Peter C E
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Mhandu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Habib
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Kamran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baig
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chaubey
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Donald C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Whitaker
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D010994:Pleura / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D011379:Prognosis; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D016896:Treatment Outcome
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