LI Haijun , WU Qifei , ZHANG Guangjian , FU Junke
  • Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, P.R.China;
FU Junke, Email: fujunk-6612@126.com
Non-small cell lung cancer; radical resection of lower lung carcinoma; chest drainage; visual analogue score
10.7507/1007-4848.202002003
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Objective To analyze the effect of different drainage modes on the postoperative thoracic drainage after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for radical resection of lower lung carcinoma.Methods A total of 183 patients with non-small cell lung cancer who received biportal thoracoscopic anatomical lower lobectomy combined with mediastinal lymph node dissection in the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University from August 2017 to August 2019 were enrolled, including 113 males and 70 females, aged 31-77 (56.5±6.4) years. The patients were randomly divided into three groups, including an anterior axillary line group, a mid-axillary line group and a modified anterior axillary line group. Clinical efficacy of the three groups was compared.Results No significant difference among these three groups in terms of gender, age, surgical site, pathological type, pathological staging, postoperative chest wall subcutaneous emphysema, postoperative pain score, and postoperative hospital stay was found (P>0.05). There were significant differences among the patients in terms of postoperative pleural effusion, re-insertion of chest tube or aspiration, total liquid quantity of thoracic drainage, drainage time and chest wall incision stitches time (P<0.05). The anterior axillary line group had higher risk of postoperative pleural effusion than the other groups (P<0.05). The occurrence of postoperative pleural effusion and rate of reposition of chest tube or aspiration were significantly reduced in the modified anterior axillary line group (P<0.05).Conclusion Chest drainage tube with large diameter (24F) in the 5th intercostal space of the anterior axillary line combined with another micro-tube (8.5F) in the 7th or 8th intercostal space of the inferior scapular angle line can shorten drainage time to reduce postoperative pain, reduce the occurrence of postoperative pleural effusion, and shorten the time of surgical incision stitches.

Citation： LI Haijun, WU Qifei, ZHANG Guangjian, FU Junke. Effect of different drainage modes on postoperative thoracic drainage after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for radical resection of lower lung carcinoma. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2020, 27(12): 1441-1445. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.202002003 Copy

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