Chest tubes :-





A catheter inserted through the thorax to remove air and fluids from the pleural space and to reestablish normal intrapleural and intrapulmonic pressures.

Indications (digunakan untk membuang ):

 Pneumothorax: accumulation of air in the pleural space
 Pleural effusion: accumulation of fluid in the pleural space
 Chylothorax: a collection of lymphatic fluid in the pleural space
 Empyema: a pyogenic infection of the pleural space
 Hemothorax: accumulation of blood in the pleural space
 Hydrothorax: accumulation of serous fluid in the pleural space