Erschienen in:
07.09.2017 | Reply, Letter to the Editor
Tube Thoracostomy Complications: More to Learn: Reply
verfasst von:
Matthew C. Hernandez, Martin D. Zielinski, Johnathon M. Aho
Erschienen in:
World Journal of Surgery
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Ausgabe 1/2018
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Excerpt
Dr. Ariffin, thank you for the critical appraisal of our work. You outline several features that merit additional discussion concerning complications, complication reporting, and subsequent outcomes relevant to tube thoracostomy insertion. Currently, a consistent definition in what constitutes a complication in tube thoracostomy within the literature is poor. This makes comparison of raw, unadjusted complication rates between reports impossible. Our methods incorporate this standardized complication reporting system as such and provide transparency to what is considered a complication of this procedure. …