Needs assessment for patient-centered education and outcome metrics in robotic surgery.

Background: From clinical experience, many patients undergoing robotic assisted surgery (RAS) have a poor understanding of the technology. To ensure informed consent and appropriate expectations, a needs assessment for patient-centered education and outcome metrics in RAS is warranted. Our goal was to perform an assessment of patient understanding, comfort with robotic technology, and ability to obtain critical information from their surgeon when undergoing RAS.

Routine chest X-rays after pigtail chest tube removal rarely change management in children.

Background: The need for chest X-rays (CXR) following large-bore chest tube removal has been questioned; however, the utility of CXRs following removal of small-bore pigtail chest tubes is unknown. We hypothesized that CXRs obtained following removal of pigtail chest tubes would not change management.

Methods: Patients < 18 years old with pigtail chest tubes placed 2014-2019 at a tertiary children's hospital were reviewed.