A chest tube is a thin, plastic tube that a doctor inserts into the pleural space, which is the area between the chest wall and the lungs. Doctors may need to use a chest tube for many purposes, such ...
Percutaneous thoracostomy tubes are widely used in neonates, infants and children. The technique has a low complication rate. Lung perforation by a pigtail catheter is described in a single case ...
PleuraFlow Active Clearance Technology (ACT; ClearFlow) is a chest drain that incorporates a tube clearance system. It comprises a silicone chest tube and the PleuraFlow clearance apparatus. The ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Monitoring patients via a digital air leak detection device meant they spent less time with a chest tube and in ...
OMAHA, Neb., July 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Centese, Inc. announces the first peer-reviewed clinical study on its Thoraguard® digital drainage system for cardiac surgery at Stanford University ...