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The Pigtail Catheter for Pleural Drainage: A Less Invasive Alternative to Tube Thoracostomy

BACKGROUND: Tube thoracostomy remains the standard of care for the treatment of pneumothoraces and simple effusions. This report describes a favorable experience with the 8.3 French pigtail catheter as a less invasive alternative to traditional chest tube insertion. METHODS: We retrospectively revie...

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Main Authors: Gammie, James S., Banks, Michael C., Fuhrman, Carl R., Pham, Si M., Griffith, Bartley p., Keenan, Robert J., Luketich, James D.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 1999
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3015347/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10323171
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