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Use of pigtail catheter and urosac: Numero uno for ambulatory chest drainage!

BACKGROUND: Intercostal chest drainage is required for varied lung diseases with the pleural involvement. While the conventional method of intercostal drainage (ICD) insertion with the bulky underwater drain (UWD) was the gold standard for management, it had numerous disadvantages. It was time and a...

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Autores principales: Desai, Unnati, Joshi, Jyotsna M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6120328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30168458
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_78_18