Tube Thoracostomy: Complications and Its Management

Tube Thoracostomy: Complications and Its Management

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. Complications resulting from tube thoracostomy can occasionally be life threatening. Aim. To present an update on the complications and management of complications of tube thoracostomy. Methods. A review...

Complications of tube thoracostomy for chest trauma.

OBJECTIVE To determine the insertional and positional complications encountered by the placement of intercostal chest drains (ICDs) for trauma and whether further training is warranted in operators inserting intercostal chest drains outside level 1 trauma unit settings. METHODS Over a period of 3 months, all patients with or without an ICD in situ in the front room trauma bay of Tygerberg Hos...

Complications of tube thoracostomy in trauma.

OBJECTIVE To assess the complication rate of tube thoracostomy in trauma. To consider whether this rate is high enough to support a selective reduction in the indications for tube thoracostomy in trauma. METHODS A retrospective case series of all trauma patients who underwent tube thoracostomy during a 12 month period at a large UK teaching hospital with an accident and emergency (A&E) depart...

Indications and complications of tube thoracostomy performed by general surgeons.

The cross-sectional study conducted at the Isra University Hospital, Hyderabad was to determine the frequencies of various indications and complications of tube thoracostomy performed by general surgeons between February 2003 and January 2006. The data was analyzed and compared with other local and international studies. One hundred and five tube thoracostomies were performed over the above men...

Spontaneous pneumothorax. Management by tube thoracostomy and suction.