Chest Tube Insertion
 

Indications - Chest Tube Insertion

Chest tubes are used to treat conditions that can cause the lung to collapse, such as: air leaks from the lung into the chest (pneumothorax ) bleeding into the chest (hemothorax) after surgery or trauma in the chest (pneumothorax or hemothorax) lung abscesses or pus in the chest (empyema).


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