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Charalambos Zisis1, Katerina Tsirgogianni1, George Lazaridis1, Sofia Lampaki1, Sofia Baka1, Ioannis Mpoukovinas1, Vasilis Karavasilis1, Ioannis Kioumis1, Georgia Pitsiou1, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis1, Kosmas Tsakiridis1, Aggeliki Rapti1, Georgia Trakada1, Ilias Karapantzos1, Chrysanthi Karapantzou1, Athanasios Zissimopoulos1, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis1, Paul Zarogoulidis1.
Abstract
A chest tube is a flexible plastic tube that is inserted through the chest wall and into the pleural space or mediastinum. It is used to remove air in the case of pneumothorax or fluid such as in the case of pleural effusion, blood, chyle, or pus when empyema occurs from the intrathoracic space. It is also known as a Bülau drain or an intercostal catheter. Insertion of chest tubes is widely performed by radiologists, pulmonary physicians and thoracic surgeons. Large catheters or small catheters are used based on each situation that the medical doctor encounters. In the current review we will focus on the chest drain systems that are in use.Entities:
Keywords: Bülau; Chest drainage unit; air leak; chest drainage system; digital suction; pneumothorax
Year: 2015 PMID： 25815304 PMCID： PMC4356865 DOI： 10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2015.02.09
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Transl Med ISSN： 2305-5839