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Maintaining chest tube patency
B A Halejian1, M J Badach, F Trilles
1Department of Surgery, Jersey City Medical Center, New Jersy 07304.
Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics
|December 1, 1988
Abstract:
This method of maintaining patency of the chest tube has been found to be safe and efficient with little discomfort to the patient. It is especially helpful when dealing with hemothorax and with subsequent formation of clots in the pleural space.