ニワ　ユキコ   NIWA Yukiko   丹羽　由紀子    所属   医学部 医学科（附属八千代医療センター）    職種   講師
論文種別	原著
言語種別	英語
査読の有無	査読あり
表題	Method of bilateral pleural drainage by single Blake drain after esophagectomy.
掲載誌名	正式名：World journal of surgery 略　 称：World J Surg ISSNコード：14322323/03642313
掲載区分	国外
巻・号・頁	39(3),pp.727-31
著者・共著者	Niwa Yukiko, Koike Masahiko, Oya Hisaharu, Iwata Naoki, Kobayashi Daisuke, Kanda Mitsuro, Tanaka Chie, Yamada Suguru, Fujii Tsutomu, Nakayama Goro, Sugimoto Hiroyuki, Nomoto Shuji, Fujiwara Michitaka, Kodera Yasuhiro
発行年月	2015/03
概要	BACKGROUND:Clinicians often encounter left pleural effusion after esophagectomy, which sometimes necessitates thoracentesis. We have introduced a new drainage method, bilateral pleural drainage by single Blake drain (BDSD), which we have been using since April 2013. This study aims to evaluate the performance of the BDSD.METHODS:The BDSD method employs a 15-F Blake drain inserted from the right thoracic cavity to the left thoracic cavity across the posterior mediastinum. The conventional drain (CD) group consisted of 50 patients with a 19-F Blake drain placed in the right thoracic cavity during the period from April 2012 to March 2013. The BDSD group consisted of 54 patients treated from April 2013 to June 2014.RESULTS:The amount of total drainage in the BDSD group was significantly higher than that in the CD group (P < 0.0001). The rates of left pleural effusion and left lower lobe atelectasis in the BDSD group were significantly lower than those in the CD group (P < 0.0001 and P < 0.0001, respectively). No patients developed a left pleural effusion necessitating thoracentesis drainage in the BDSD group.CONCLUSIONS:Compared with the conventional method, BDSD was able to evacuate bilateral pleural effusion more effectively, and the incidences of left pleural effusion and left atelectasis were lower. This method is therefore clinically useful after esophagectomy.
DOI	10.1007/s00268-014-2860-0
PMID	25488715