A simple technique for anchoring chest tubes

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 958-959

  Rashid, M A ^a,b   Wikstrom T ^a   Ortenwall P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anchoring; Chest tubes; Spontaneous withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEMATOPNEUMOTHORAX; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX WALL; TUBE; WOUND CLOSURE;

CHEST TUBES; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; THORACOSTOMY;

EID: 0031754122     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.98.12040958     Document Type: Article

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