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Tubeless group included 55 patients with pulmonary nodules underwent tubeless uniportal thoracoscopic wedge resection, 211 patients underwent non-intubated uniportal thoracoscopic wedge resection with chest tube drainage were included in drainage group. Peri-operative outcomes between two groups were compared.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      After 1:1 matching, 110 patients remained for analysis, baseline demographic and clinical variables were comparable between the two groups. Mean incision size was 3\u00a0cm in both group. Mean operative time was 59.3\u00a0min in tubeless group and 52.8\u00a0min in drainage group. The detectable mean lowest SpO\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      and mean peak EtCO\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      during operation was acceptable in both groups. Conversion to intubated ventilation or thoracotomy was not required. No patient failed the air leak test and did not undergo a tubeless procedure. Mean postoperative hospital stay was 1.5\u00a0days in tubeless group and 2.5\u00a0days in drainage group. Residual pneumothorax or subcutaneous emphysema was not frequent and mild in tubeless group. Side effects were rare and mild, including cough and hemoptysis. No re-intervention or readmission occurred. The postoperative VAS score was significantly lower in tubeless group.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Tubeless uniportal thoracoscopic wedge resection with modified air leak test and chest tube drainage is feasible and safe for selected patients with peripheral pulmonary nodules, it might reduce post-operation pain and lead to faster recovery.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12893-020-00910-9","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,30]],"date-time":"2020-11-30T08:02:52Z","timestamp":1606723372000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Tubeless uniportal thoracoscopic wedge resection with modified air leak test and chest tube drainage"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Zhengcheng","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4984-1460","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rusong","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yang","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,30]]},"reference":[{"issue":"10","key":"910_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"4101","DOI":"10.21037\/jtd.2019.10.04","volume":"11","author":"J He","year":"2019","unstructured":"He J, Liu J, Zhu C, et al. 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