Tube thoracostomy: One-off cause of chylothorax
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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...
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عنوان ژورنال: Trauma Case Reports
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2352-6440
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcr.2019.100184