1. Optimal technique for the removal of chest tubes after pulmonary resection 
Robert James Cerfolio, MD, FACS, FCCP, Ayesha S. Bryant, MD, MSPH, Loki Skylizard, MD, Douglas J. Minnich, MD, FACS 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 145, Issue 6, Pages (June 2013)
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2. Figure 1
Flow of patients in this study. (Note, this study was stopped early because of these findings.) *Reasons for patient exclusion: robotic resection (293), video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (380), discharged home with a chest tube (53), had an ipsilateral/previous thoracotomy (51), lung volume reduction surgery (5), more than 2 chest tubes (53), and other reasons (12).
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