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Percutaneous drainage of pleural collections
E F Patz1, P C Goodman, J J Erasmus
1Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Journal of Thoracic Imaging
|April 29, 1998
Abstract:
Pneumothorax is a frequent complication of interventional pulmonary procedures. Percutaneous catheter placement enables safe and effective drainage of pneumothoraces with rapid restoration of vital capacity, oxygenation, and lung reexpansion.