A case is presented of tension pneumothorax associated with intercostal tube drainage. Complications of intercostal tube drainage are reviewed.

BACKGROUND Only a prototype laryngeal tube has been compared with the classic LMA for brief periods of anaesthesia. We compared the new laryngeal tube (which had several improvements in design) with the classic LMA. METHODS We randomly allocated 72 patients to receive either the laryngeal tube or an LMA, and compared adequacy of controlled ventilation during anaesthesia (good: clear airway wi...

Enteral feeding tube placement has been described in veterinary medicine for several years. Indications include oral, esophageal, gastrointestinal, pancreatic, hepatic, and neurologic diseases. In this paper, endoscopically assisted placement of an esophagojejunostomy (EJ) feeding tube in dogs with pancreatitis and prolonged anorexia is described. To the author's knowledge there are no publishe...

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has become the modality of choice for providing enteral access to patients who require long-term enteral nutrition. Although generally considered safe, PEG tube placement can be associated with many potential complications. This review describes a variety of PEG tube related complications as well as strategies for complication avoidance. In addition, th...

introduction: to study the long-term complications of tympanostomy tube insertion in young children 10 years after surgery.   materials and methods: in september 2011, the medical records of all patients who had undergone myringotomy with tympanostomy tube insertion between february 2000 and march 2001 at the two general hospitals of isfahan university of medical sciences were studied. of the 9...

BACKGROUND Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is an effective and safe mode of enteral nutrition for patients needing chronic enteric nutritional support. Exchanging PEG tubes may result in complications due to inexperience as well as due to lack of protocol. CASE REPORT We encountered a 73 year-old female with unnoticed, accidently detached portion of the internal bumper of a PEG tube...

Objective: To explore the main factors of drainage tube complications after hepatobiliary surgery. Methods: From November 2019 to October 2021, 103 patients with surgery in Changshu No. 2 People’s Hospital were selected as subjects for this study; postoperative analyzed by retrospective analysis. Results: The tubes include cavity organ damage, sliding into abdominal cavity, broken tube, blocked...

OBJECTIVE To determine the removal time of the chest tube in ICU trauma patients under positive ventilation pressure (PVP). METHODS This was randomized clinical trial being performed in ICU department of Rajaei trauma hospital from March to December 2011. A total number of 92 trauma patients who were admitted in ICU and were under ventilation and had chest tube were randomly assigned into two...