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This chapter discusses technical aspects of chest tube thoracostomy including instrumentation and equipment, patient positioning, incision techniques, and insertion and placement of chest tube.
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Wegerif, G., Savage, E.B. (2020). Chest Tube Thoracostomy. In: Rosenthal, R., Rosales, A., Lo Menzo, E., Dip, F. (eds) Mental Conditioning to Perform Common Operations in General Surgery Training. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91164-9_8
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