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An unusual complication of chest tube thoracostomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Hugo Poncia  and
John M. Ryan
Hugo Poncia
Affiliation:
Specialist registrar in Accident and Emergency Medicine
John M. Ryan*
Affiliation:
Consultant and senior lecturer in Accident and Emergency Medicine, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, UK
*
Department of Accident and Emergency Medicine, The Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton UK BN2 5BE; ryanj@pavilion.co.uk

Abstract

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This paper describes a previously unreported complication of chest tube thoracostomy: scalpel blade dislodgement within the pleural space. Techniques and complications of chest tube thoracostomy are then discussed.

Keywords

scalpelthoracostomypneumothoraxcomplications
Type
Case Reports • Observations
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , April 2000 , pp. 121 - 123
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2000

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