Efficacy and safety of omitting chest drains after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Keyphrases

• Meta-analysis 100%
• Systematic Meta-analysis 100%
• Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery 100%
• Chest Drain 100%
• Radio 71%
• High Risk 42%
• Randomized Controlled Trial 28%
• Risk of Bias 28%
• Weighted Mean Difference 28%
• Drain Insertion 28%
• Thoracocentesis 28%
• No Significant Difference 14%
• 30-day Mortality 14%
• Patient Selection 14%
• Observation Period 14%
• Pneumonia 14%
• Subgroup Analysis 14%
• Postoperative Pain Scores 14%
• Postoperative Outcomes 14%
• Postoperative Length of Stay 14%
• Length of Stay 14%
• Enhanced Recovery 14%
• Reporting Item 14%
• Pleural Effusion 14%
• Reporting Bias 14%
• Bibliographic Databases 14%
• Pneumothorax 14%
• Subcutaneous Emphysema 14%
• Prospero 14%
• Non-randomized Controlled Trial 14%
• Pairwise Analysis 14%
• Drain Placement 14%
• Non-reporting 14%

Medicine and Dentistry

• Meta-Analysis 100%
• Systematic Review 100%
• Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery 100%
• Chest Tube 100%
• Randomized Controlled Trial 42%
• Thoracentesis 28%
• Observational Study 14%
• Subgroup Analysis 14%
• Postoperative Pain 14%
• Pleura Effusion 14%
• Pneumothorax 14%
• Subcutaneous Emphysema 14%