Use of a nasal speculum for chest-drain insertion: a simple technique.
Tube thoracostomy is a very commonly performed procedure in cardiothoracic surgery. Insertion of a chest drain requires expertise to minimize complications. We describe a simple technique of using a nasal speculum to perform this procedure.
Saxena
Pankaj
P
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Perth, WA 6009, Australia. drpankajsaxena@hotmail.com
Konstantinov
Igor E
IE
Newman
Mark A J
MA
D015505:Chest Tubes; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D009339:Needles; D013907:Thoracostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*