Chest Tubes: Generalities

Federico Venuta; Daniele Diso; Marco Anile; Erino A Rendina; Ilaria Onorati

doi:10.1016/j.thorsurg.2016.08.001

Chest Tubes: Generalities

Thorac Surg Clin. 2017 Feb;27(1):1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2016.08.001.

Authors

Federico Venuta¹, Daniele Diso², Marco Anile², Erino A Rendina³, Ilaria Onorati²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Policlinico Umberto I, University of Rome Sapienza, V.le del Policlinico, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: federico.venuta@uniroma1.it.
² Department of Thoracic Surgery, Policlinico Umberto I, University of Rome Sapienza, V.le del Policlinico, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Rome Sapienza, Ospedale S.Andrea, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 27865321
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2016.08.001

Abstract

Insertion, management, and withdrawal of chest tubes is part of the routine activity of thoracic surgeons. The selection of the chest tube and the strategy for each of these steps is usually built on knowledge, practice, experience, and judgment. The indication to insert a chest tube into the pleural cavity is the presence of air or fluid within it. Various types and sizes of chest tubes are now commercially available.

Keywords: Air leak; Chest drainage; Chest tube; Pleural effusions; Pneumothorax.

Publication types

Historical Article
Review

MeSH terms

Chest Tubes* / history
Device Removal
Drainage
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Humans
Pleural Effusion / therapy
Pneumothorax / therapy