Less pain with flexible fluted silicone chest drains than with conventional rigid chest tubes after cardiac surgery

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2002 Nov;124(5):1027-8. doi: 10.1067/mtc.2002.125641.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Chest Tubes*
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Coronary Artery Bypass*
  • Drainage*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pain / drug therapy*
  • Pain / etiology*
  • Pleural Effusion / drug therapy
  • Pleural Effusion / etiology
  • Silicones / therapeutic use*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • United Kingdom

Substances

  • Silicones