Drainology: Leveraging research in chest-drain management to enhance recovery after cardiothoracic surgery

Kevin W Lobdell; Louis P Perrault; Rachel H Drgastin; Alessandro Brunelli; Robert J Cerfolio; Daniel T Engelman; ERAS Cardiac Society Working Group

doi:10.1016/j.xjtc.2024.04.001

Drainology: Leveraging research in chest-drain management to enhance recovery after cardiothoracic surgery

JTCVS Tech. 2024 Apr 9:25:226-240. doi: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2024.04.001. eCollection 2024 Jun.

Authors

Kevin W Lobdell¹, Louis P Perrault², Rachel H Drgastin³, Alessandro Brunelli⁴, Robert J Cerfolio⁵, Daniel T Engelman⁶; ERAS Cardiac Society Working Group

Collaborators

ERAS Cardiac Society Working Group:
Michael C Grant, Rawn Salenger, Shannon Crotwell, Busra Cangut

Affiliations

¹ Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Advocate Health, Charlotte, NC.
² Montréal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
³ Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine, Portland, Ore.
⁴ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, United Kingdom.
⁵ Division of Thoracic Surgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY.
⁶ Heart & Vascular Program, Baystate Health, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical, School-Baystate, Springfield, Mass.

No abstract available

Keywords: active tube clearance; chest drain; continuous postoperative pericardial flushing; digital drain; early chest drain removal; posterior pericardiotomy; retained blood.

Publication types

Editorial