enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Chest tube - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chest_tube

    A chest tube (also chest drain, thoracic catheter, tube thoracostomy or intercostal drain) is a surgical drain that is inserted through the chest wall and into the pleural space or the mediastinum. The insertion of the tube is sometimes a lifesaving procedure.

  3. Thoracostomy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoracostomy

    A thoracostomy is a small incision of the chest wall, [1] with maintenance of the opening for drainage. [2] It is most commonly used for the treatment of a pneumothorax.This is performed by physicians, paramedics, and nurses usually via needle thoracostomy or an incision into the chest wall with the insertion of a thoracostomy tube (chest tube) or with a hemostat and the provider's finger ...

  4. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video-assisted...

    Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is a type of minimally invasive thoracic surgery performed using a small video camera mounted to a fiberoptic thoracoscope (either 5 mm or 10 mm caliber), with or without angulated visualization, which allows the surgeon to see inside the chest by viewing the video images relayed onto a television screen, and perform procedures using elongated ...

  5. Lung surgery - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lung_surgery

    Chest tubes are usually removed one week after surgery along with any stitches or staples in the incisions. Patients experiencing shortness of breath will be guided through deep breathing or coughing exercises by a physician or respiratory therapist. In severe cases, the patient will also receive oxygen supplementation through a mask or nostril ...

  6. Resuscitative thoracotomy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resuscitative_thoracotomy

    The primary indication for a resuscitative thoracotomy is a patient with penetrating chest trauma who has entered or is about to enter cardiac arrest. [4] Other indications for the use of this procedure include the appearance of blood from a chest tube that returns more than 1500 mL of blood during the first hour of placement, or ≥200 mL of ...

  7. Seldinger technique - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seldinger_technique

    Alternatively, drainage tubes are passed over the guidewire (as in chest drains or nephrostomies). After passing a sheath or tube, the guidewire is withdrawn. [1] An introducer sheath can be used to introduce catheters or other devices to perform endoluminal (inside the hollow organ) procedures, such as angioplasty.

  8. Oscar Predictions 2013 - The Huffington Post

    data.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/oscar-predictions

    Don't rely on bloviating pundits to tell you who'll prevail on Hollywood's big night. The Huffington Post crunched the stats on every Oscar nominee of the past 30 years to produce a scientific metric for predicting the winners at the 2013 Academy Awards.

  9. Parapneumonic effusion - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parapneumonic_effusion

    Appropriate management includes chest tube drainage (tube thoracostomy). Treatment of empyemas includes antibiotics, complete pleural fluid drainage, and reexpansion of the lung. Other treatments include the use of decortication.