Tube thoracostomy; chest tube implantation and follow up

Ivan Kuhajda; Konstantinos Zarogoulidis; Ioanna Kougioumtzi; Haidong Huang; Qiang Li; Georgios Dryllis; Ioannis Kioumis; Georgia Pitsiou; Nikolaos Machairiotis; Nikolaos Katsikogiannis; Antonis Papaiwannou; Sofia Lampaki; Antonis Papaiwannou; Bojan Zaric; Perin Branislav; Konstantinos Porpodis; Paul Zarogoulidis

doi:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.09.23

Tube thoracostomy; chest tube implantation and follow up

J Thorac Dis. 2014 Oct;6(Suppl 4):S470-9. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.09.23.

Authors

Ivan Kuhajda¹, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis¹, Ioanna Kougioumtzi¹, Haidong Huang¹, Qiang Li¹, Georgios Dryllis¹, Ioannis Kioumis¹, Georgia Pitsiou¹, Nikolaos Machairiotis¹, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis¹, Antonis Papaiwannou¹, Sofia Lampaki¹, Antonis Papaiwannou¹, Bojan Zaric¹, Perin Branislav¹, Konstantinos Porpodis¹, Paul Zarogoulidis¹

Affiliation

¹ 1 Thoracic Surgery Department, Institute for Pulmonary Diseases of Vojvodina, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia; 2 Pulmonary Department, "G. Papanikolaou" General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece ; 3 Surgery Department, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece ; 4 Department of Respiratory Diseases Shanghai Hospital, II Military University Hospital, Shanghai 200433, China ; 5 Hematology Department, "Laiko" University General Hospital, Athens, Greece ; 6 Obstetric - Gynecology Department, "Thriassio" General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece ; 7 Institute for Pulmonary Diseases of Vojvodina, Clinic for Thoracic Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.

PMID: 25337405
PMCID: PMC4203990
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.09.23

Abstract

Pneumothorax is an urgent medical situation that requires urgent treatment. We can divide this entity based on the etiology to primary and secondary. Chest tube implantation can be performed either in the upper chest wall or lower. Both thoracic surgeons and pulmonary physicians can place a chest tube with minimal invasive techniques. In our current work, we will demonstrate chest tube implantation to locations, methodology and tools.

Keywords: Chest tube; medical thoracoscopy; pneumothorax.

Publication types

Review