Comparison of Single and Double Chest Tube Drainage Management in Patients Undergoing Thoracotomy

Abstract

C omparison of single and double chest tube drainage management in patients undergoing thoracotomy in the form of pain score, hospital stay, total drainage, residual collection after removal of chest tube and need for another chest tube. This study is conducted on patients who undergone thoracotomy at the Cardiothoracic Academy Hospital and Ain Shams University Specialized Hospital throughout the last 6 months from March 2018 till August 2018. Data was collected retrospectively from 40 patients, 20 pateints in each group. In the 20 patients in the ‘single- tube group’, only one chest tube was inserted, and in the 20 patients in the ‘double-tube group’, two chest tubes were inserted. Pre-, intra- and postoperativ variables in both groups were compared.