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Tube Thoracostomy: Complications and Its Management
Pulmonary Medicine, 2012 Background. Tube thoracostomy is widely used throughout the medical, surgical, and critical care specialities. It is generally used to drain pleural collections either as elective or emergency.
Emeka B. Kesieme +5 more
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Outcome of tube thoracostomy in paediatric non-traumatic pleural fluid collections
African Journal of Paediatric Surgery, 2013 Objective: Management of pleural fluid collection not due to trauma increases workload of the paediatric thoracic surgeons, while delay or inappropriate treatment worsens the prognosis of the disease.
Eyo E Ekpe, M U Akpan
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Tube thoracostomy: Primary management option for empyema thoracis in children
African Journal of Paediatric Surgery, 2012 Aim: The aim of this study was to review our experience with tube thoracostomy in the management of empyema thoracis in children. Patients and Methods: This retrospective study included 46 children (26 boys and 20 girls) who were admitted and managed for
Rajendra K Ghritlaharey +3 more
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2006 Background Usefulness of prophylactic antibiotics following tube thoracostomy remains controversial in the literature. In this study, we aimed to investigate the consequences of closed tube thoracostomy for primary spontaneous pneumothorax without the ...
Mulazimoglu Lutfiye +3 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceA 9-year-old neutered male Golden Retriever was presented in cardiac tamponade. Initial stabilization involved pericardiocentesis, and through exclusion, a diagnosis of idiopathic pericardial effusion was made.
Wilmer A. Lopez +3 more
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e-Jurnal Medika Udayana, 2014 Pneumothoraks adalah terperangkapnya udara pada celah pleura yang menyebabkan tekanan udara menjadi lebih positif.Sebagai penyakit yang mengancam jiwa, tube thoracostomy dilaksanakan sejak dini dan disertai pemberian antiobika untuk mencegah resiko ...
I Made Widiarta Kusuma
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Horner's syndrome secondary to tube thoracostomy [PDF]
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2004 Tube thoracostomy is a common therapeutic approach applied in medical practice. Certain complications of this procedure have been described in the literature.
S Kerem Ozel, Ahmet Kazez
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Thoracoacromial artery injury after tube thoracostomy for pneumothorax. [PDF]
BMJ Case Rep, 2020 In this case, a patient presented in a delayed fashion after blunt trauma. He was found to have a large left-sided pneumothorax without any associated traumatic injuries, such as rib fractures. A tube thoracostomy was performed.
Leonard-Murali S +3 more
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Concurrent Long Thoracic and Lateral Cutaneous Intercostal Nerve Entrapment After Chest Tube Thoracostomy Causing Scapular Winging and Chest Wall Pain: Diagnosis With Ultrasound and Treatment With Hydrodissection. [PDF]
Pain PractABSTRACT Background Chest tube thoracostomy may cause iatrogenic nerve injury, resulting in persistent pain and functional impairment. Long thoracic nerve (LTN) palsy after chest tube placement has been described, but concurrent involvement of the LTN and the lateral cutaneous branch of an intercostal nerve (LCIN) appears to be rarely reported.
Yoon Y +4 more
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JTCVS Open, 2022 Background: Numerous complications requiring tube thoracostomy have been reported among critically ill patients with COVID-19; however, there has been a lack of evidence regarding outcomes following chest tube placement.
Nicholas W. Rizer, MD +6 more
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