Modified central venous catheter for pneumothorax.
Pneumothorax frequently requires drainage, and many thoracic surgeons continue to use the traditional rigid chest tubes. Traditional tube thoracostomy using a large-bore tube is an essential technique for thoracic surgeons, but it is associated with significant pain at the time of insertion and during continued drainage. We have found a new small-bore, flexible thoracostomy method using a modified central venous catheter that is simple, less painful, and safe.
Ishibashi
Hironori
H
Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Shizuoka General Hospital, 4-27-1 Kita-ando, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka 420-8527, Japan. hishiba@kf6.so-net.ne.jp
Ohta
Shin-ichiro
S
Hirose
Masahide
M
D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000628:therapy*; D013907:Thoracostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*