%0 Journal Article %T Pre-embedding subcutaneous suture for chest-tube insertion in uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery %A Kao, Chieh-Ni %A Chang, Chao-Wei %A Hsieh, Meng-Chien %A Liu, Yu-Wei %A Chou, Shah-Hwa %J Journal of Thoracic Disease %D 2017 %B 2017 %9 %! Pre-embedding subcutaneous suture for chest-tube insertion in uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery %K %X In this era of minimally invasive thoracic surgeries and the prosperous development of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), postoperative chest tube placement is still mandatory in most thoracic surgeries despite some inspiring reports of tubeless VATS that have been performed (1-3). We read with great interest the article by Yokoyama et al. (4), who described their novel experience of chest tube wound closure using a two-layer method with triclosan-coated sutures. By the same logic,we described before. %U https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/16303 %V 9 %N 10 %P E938-E940 %@ 2077-6624