Locking plastic tie--a simple technique for securing a chest tube.
A quick and simple technique for securing a chest tube in the prehospital setting is described. The technique makes use of a plastic tie with a self-locking mechanism that is wrapped around the tube and sutured to the skin. The use of a plastic tie is recommended as a valuable component to chest tube kits for use in the prehospital setting.
Melamed
Eitan
E
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Trauma Branch, Surgeon General Headquarters, IDF Medical Corps, Israel. eitanme2000@yahoo.com
Blumenfeld
Amir
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Lin
Guy
G
D015505:Chest Tubes; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010969:Plastics; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000628:therapy; D053832:Surgical Tape
D010969:Plastics