A local randomised feasibility trial comparing chest tube drainage to therapeutic aspiration in infected pleural effusions. This study is not yet published. A national randomised controlled trial ...

Thoracostomy tubes work by draining air or fluid from the chest cavity, and are most commonly used to treat pneumothorax or pleural effusion. Generally, a unilateral thoracostomy tube is ...

Background: Ascites and pleural effusion are well recognized complications of pancreatic diseases. Drug therapy of these is limited by high cost, prolonged hospitalization and failure rates ...

For the first day or so, a chest tube is left in to help adhere the once deflated lung to the chest wall (pleural symphysis). The tube will be removed if no leak is apparent, and the patient will be ...