Gaetana Messina, Mary Bove, Antonio Noro, Giorgia Opromolla, Giovanni Natale, Vincenzo Ferrara, Carminia Maria Della Corte, Raimondo Di Liello, Mario Martone, Rosa Mirra, Beatrice Leonardi, Francesco Leone, Giovanni Vicidomini, Mario Santini, Alfonso Fiorelli
INTRODUCTION: Many clinical studies have shown ultrasonography (US) is useful for the diagnosis of different abnormalities involving pleura; chest ultrasound (CUS) is widely used to detect pneumothorax in patients, but there is no data on its use for the follow-up of lung re-expansion after lung resection. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We performed a unicentric observational study all patients between January 2018 and May 2021 undergoing lobectomy in which lung re-expansion was assessed daily with chest ultrasound (CUS) and chest radiography (CXR) until chest drainage was removed...
2022: Annali Italiani di Chirurgia