Do all traumatic hemothorax require a tube thoracostomy: A retrospective review

Background: Blunt thoracic trauma accounts for a majority of trauma-related admissions. The Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma guidelines recommend placement of a tube thoracostomy for all patients with a hemothorax. Our study was conducted to look at those managed without an intercostal...

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Main Authors: Paul Yohan George, Vijayan Purushothaman, Kirthi Sathyakumar, Vignesh Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2024-12-01
Series:Journal of Current Research in Scientific Medicine
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jcrsm.jcrsm_24_24
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