Saline tract sealing was linked to lower pneumothorax and chest tube rates after lung biopsy in a meta-analysis of 1,455 ...

Introduction: Air leaks, especially pneumothorax, are not rare events in NICU. The chest drain is one of the most painful procedures among the many that are performed on newborns. The breathing of 100 ...

The insertion of a chest tube is a common procedure in trauma care, and the Advanced Trauma Life Support program teaches the insertion of chest tubes as an essential and life-saving skill. The purpose ...

Whether conservative management is an acceptable alternative to interventional management for uncomplicated, moderate-to-large primary spontaneous pneumothorax is unknown. In this open-label, ...