Tube thoracostomy is a minimally invasive procedure in which a drainage catheter is placed percutaneously into the pleural space. Equipment consists of a sterile set of instruments, local anesthetic, ...

A 54-year-old man with a history of cirrhosis following liver transplantation presented with shortness of breath and was found to have a right-sided pleural effusion secondary to pulmonary infection.

For trauma patients who require emergent chest decompression, prehospital needle decompression (PHND) was associated with a lower risk of mortality compared with tube thoracostomy, a cohort study ...