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Thoraguard is clearly the most precise, most reliable, and easiest to use system available for digital air leak monitoring in thoracic surgery.
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Michael Zervos, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery; Chief of Thoracic Surgery Service,
NYU-LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER
Thoraguard in Thoracic Surgery
Precise, Objective Digital Data for Better Clinical Decisions
Thoraguard
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Air Leak Measuring
Digitally measures and displays air leak rate and 24-hour trends to assist in objective patient discharge decisions
Portable
Compact and self-contained system enables early patient ambulation
Self Monitoring
Actively monitors system and alerts care team in the event of abnormal air leak rate, line kinks or other system disruption
Rapid Set-up
Rapid set-up with no water required
All-In-One Solution
All-in-one solution incorporates digital monitor, suction control, canister, and chest tubes for use throughout hospital
Today, there is significant variability in care team assessment of post-operative air leaks, which can delay patient discharge.
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Variability of analog air leak assessment results in:
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longer leak duration
2x
day increase in hospital length of stay
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1
agreement within care team on air leak severity
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Less
*versus digital assessment
References
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McGuire AL, Petrcich W, Maziak DE, et al. Digital versus analogue pleural drainage phase 1: prospective evaluation of interobserver reliability in the assessment of pulmonary air leaks. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2015;21:403–7.
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Pompili C, Detterbeck F, Papagiannopoulos K, et al. Multicenter international randomized comparison of objective and subjective outcomes between electronic and traditional chest drainage systems. Ann Thorac Surg 2014; 98: 490-6; discussion 496-7.
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Batchelor TJP, Rasburn NJ, Abdelnour-Berchtold E, et al. Guidelines for enhanced recovery after lung surgery: recommendations of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS). Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2019;55(1):91-115.