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Efficacy of a novel chest tube system in a swine model of hemothorax

BACKGROUND: Tube thoracostomy is the definitive treatment for most significant chest trauma, including injuries resulting in pneumothorax, hemothorax, and hemopneumothorax. However, traditional chest tubes fail to sufficiently remove blood up to 20% of the time (i.e., retained hemothorax), which can...

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Autores principales: Donaldson, Ross I., Zimmermann, Eric M., Buchanan, Oliver J., Graham, Todd L., Ross, James D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AME Publishing Company 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7867831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33569201
http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jtd-20-1609