Received an article titled digital air leak monitoring for lung resection patients: a randomized controlled clinical trial.Purpose: the objective of this study was to compare digital and analog devices in patients undergoing anatomic lung resection.Method: a single-institution randomized trial was conducted.Patients undergoing anatomic lung resection between november 2013 and july 2016 were randomized to digital or analog devices.Conclusion: digital devices did not result in reduced chest tube duration or hospital length of stay.Per the article adverse events included, increasing pneumothorax, subcutaneous emphysema, air leak, chest tube reinsertion, empyema and hemothorax.
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