title: The use of colostomy bags for chest tube drainage.
abstract: Occasionally patients require long-term chest tube drainage. We describe a method whereby a short chest tube may be drained into a colostomy bag to alleviate the necessity of keeping the patient attached to a bulky drainage system. The colostomy bag allows greater mobility, and the patient can be discharged with the bag.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Letterman Army Medical Center, Presidio of San Francisco, CA 94129-6700.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Velanovich
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Adams
mesh_terms: D003125:Colostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D013907:Thoracostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*