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Clamping of chest drain before removal in spontaneous pneumothorax

BACKGROUND: In spontaneous pneumothorax, clamping the chest drain before its removal may avoid reinsertion in case of early recurrence, but may be unsafe and may prolong hospital stay. The objective of this study was to examine the incidence of early recurrence in both clamped and unclamped pneumoth...

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Autores principales: Chan, Yu-Hong, Yu, Ellen Lok-Man, Kwok, Hau-Chung, Yeung, Yiu-Cheong, Yu, Wai-Cho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7968250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33731180
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-021-01398-x