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Insertion of pleural tube drain

Known as: tube thoracostomy, thoracostomy tube, insertion of chest drain 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Transbronchial Cryobiopsy: A New Tool for Lung Biopsies
Background: Specimens from transbronchial lung biopsies lack sufficient quality due to crush artifact and are generally too small… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
The occult pneumothorax: what have we learned?
Supine anteroposterior chest radiography is an insensitive test for posttraumatic pneumothoraces. Computed tomography often… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Primary Operative Versus Nonoperative Therapy for Pediatric Empyema: A Meta-analysis
Objective. The optimal treatment of children with empyema remains controversial. The purpose of this review was to compare… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in the treatment of complicated parapneumonic effusions or empyemas: outcome of 234 patients.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Complications of tube thoracostomy in trauma
Objective—To assess the complication rate of tube thoracostomy in trauma. To consider whether this rate is high enough to support… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Trauma Ultrasound Examination Versus Chest Radiography in the Detection of Hemothorax
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Conservative versus surgical management of chylothorax.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Intrapleural tetracycline for the prevention of recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax. Results of a Department of Veterans Affairs cooperative study.
This prospective, multicenter, randomized, "unblinded," controlled clinical trial was designed to determine if the intrapleural… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Pleural fluid pH in malignant effusions. Diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic implications.
STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine whether the measurement of pleural fluid pH in malignant effusions has diagnostic use, predicts… 
Review
1980
Review
1980
Complications of tube thoracostomy for acute trauma.
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