Mediastinitis is a life-threatening disease, and effective drainage is needed to treat mediastinitis with abscess formation. We recommend an alternative drainage method using chest tube binding with a Silastic Penrose drainage tube. The use of a Silastic Penrose drainage tube may help to manage mediastinitis with abscess formation. This method facilitates effective draining and prevents tissue ...

Although some techniques have been described for securing chest tubes, many complications are still reported. A simple method is described for securing chest tubes and closure of the wound, resulting in good fixation of the tube and an airtight closure of the chest wall with a cosmetically satisfactory result.

BACKGROUND Supine anteroposterior (AP) chest radiography is an insensitive test for detecting posttraumatic pneumothoraces (PTXs). Computed tomography (CT) often identifies occult pneumothoraces (OPTXs) not diagnosed by chest radiography. All previous literature describes the epidemiology of OPTX in patients with blunt polytrauma. Our goal was to identify the frequency of OPTXs in patients with...

of increased length of hospitalization on a general thoracic surgery service: a prospective observational study. (Copenhagen, Denmark): Were there any patients in either of the groups where you had to reinsert a tube due to subcutaneous emphysema or pneumothorax after tube removal? Dr. Pompili: No. In this series we had no cases with pneumothorax or other complications after removal of the ches...

INTRODUCTION Late-onset congenital diaphragmatic hernia is a rare anomaly with misleading symptoms and signs. CASE PRESENTATION We describe the case of a 7-year-old Middle Eastern girl who presented with acute nonspecific abdominal symptoms and respiratory distress of 2 days' duration after sustaining a blunt trauma on her left chest wall on a background of chronic ill-defined left chest pain...

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