Chest tube insertion

Chest tube insertion
Definition
A chest tube insertion involves the surgical placement of a hollow, flexible drainage tube into the chest.

Chest tube insertion
Alternate Names : Chest drainage tube insertion, Insertion of tube into chest, Tube thoracostomy
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Chest tube insertion
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Chest Tube Insertion
In this procedure, the doctor will insert a small tube between the ribs into the pleural cavity where the pneumothorax is located.

Chest tube insertions can be done in an emergency department, hospital room, or the operating room, depending on the situation. A local anesthetic is injected into the skin of the chest.

Chest tube insertion - series
Pneumothorax - series
Reviewed last on: 8/10/2007
Allen J. Blaivas, DO, Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Veteran Affairs, VA System, East Orange, NJ.

Wash the chest tube insertion site with mild soap and water according to your provider's instructions. You will need to wash it at least every other day. You may need to wash it more often if there is drainage around the site.

Needle or chest tube insertion. When your lung has collapsed more than 25 percent, your doctor is likely to remove the air by inserting a needle or hollow tube (chest tube) into the pleural space.

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Postoperative measures include careful monitoring and continuous assessment in the intensive care unit, an antibiotic, endotracheal (ET) intubation, chest tube insertion, ECG monitoring, and pulmonary artery (PA) catheterization.
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Medical procedures, such as chest tube insertion, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and lung biopsies
Underlying lung disease, such as cystic fibrosis, emphysema, lung cancer, pneumonia, and tuberculosis ...

See also: Surgery, Trauma, Cancer, Pneumothorax, Collapse