Re: Small versus large bore chest tube in traumatic hemothorax, hemopneumothorax, and pneumothorax—external validity, endpoint heterogeneity, and trial sequential analysis assumptions
These clarifications may reduce overgeneralization, better align conclusions with the included trial populations, and inform pragmatic multicenter trial design with standardized protocols and patient-centered outcomes.
Authors
- Sithdharthan Ravikumar
Institutions
- George Eliot Hospital (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Emergency Surgery
- Published
- 2026-01-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-025-00669-5
- Primary Topic
- Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00