From: Single versus double chest drains after pulmonary lobectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Study | Country | Sample size | Gender (male/female) | Age | Follow-up period | The type of surgery | |||
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SCD | DCD | SCD | DCD | SCD | DCD | ||||
Alex et al. [9] | UK | 60 | 60 | 48/12 | 48/12 | 65 ± 8.4 | 66 ± 8.6 | Those patients with chest drains were assessed every hour for the first 24 h and then every 6 h until removal. | Lobectomy |
Gomez-Caro et al. [10] | Spain | 60 | 59 | 9/51 | 7/52 | 65.5 ± 9.4 | 61.5 ± 9.5 | 30 days | Upper and lower lobe resection |
Han et al. [11] | China | 46 | 47 | 39/7 | 32/15 | 58.4 ± 9.5 | 58.2 ± 9.0 | Not available | Lobectomy |
Hu et al. [19] | China | 62 | 53 | 32/30 | 27/26 | 61.3 | 60.1 | Not available | Left and right upper lobe resection plus lymph node dissection |
Li et al. [20] | China | 21 | 22 | 12/9 | 13/9 | 56.5 ± 9.5 | 57.2 ± 9.0 | Until discharge | Upper lobe resection |
Okur et al. [21] | Turkey | 50 | 50 | 37/13 | 43/7 | 54.74 ± 14.34 | 56.34 ± 11.52 | Until discharge | Lobectomy |
Pan et al. [22] | China | 48 | 48 | 26/22 | 28/20 | 56.37 ± 6.28 | 52.18 ± 5.63 | 30 days | Upper lobe resection |
Pawelczyk et al. [23] | Poland | 90 | 93 | 64/26 | 54/39 | 60.9 ± 9.03 | 60.7 ± 8.906 | Not available | Upper and lower lobe resection |
Tanaka et al. [24] | Japan | 54 | 54 | 38/16 | 32/22 | 66.8 ± 7.5 | 67.7 ± 8.0 | Not available | Upper and lower lobe resection |
Wang et al. [25] | China | 38 | 79 | 19/19 | 45/34 | 63.98 ± 9.76 | 65.77 ± 8.58 | Until discharge | Upper lobe resection |
Zhou and Yu [26] | China | 60 | 60 | 41/19 | 39/21 | 50.83 ± 15.23 | 52.55 ± 13.23 | Until discharge | Lobectomy |