Thoracostomy
"Thoracostomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Surgical creation of an opening (stoma) into the chest cavity for drainage; used in the treatment of pleural effusion, pneumothorax, hemothorax and empyema.
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D013907
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MeSH Number(s) |
E04.579.918 E04.928.755
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1993 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thoracostomy" by people in Profiles.
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Prakash PS, Moore SA, Rezende-Neto JB, Trpcic S, Dunn JA, Smoot B, Jenkins DH, Cardenas T, Mukherjee K, Farnsworth J, Wild J, Young K, Schroeppel TJ, Coimbra R, Lee J, Skarupa DJ, Sabra MJ, Carrick MM, Moore FO, Ward J, Geng T, Lapham D, Piccinini A, Inaba K, Dodgion C, Gooley B, Schwartz T, Shraga S, Haan JM, Lightwine K, Burris J, Agrawal V, Seamon MJ, Cannon JW. Predictors of retained hemothorax in trauma: Results of an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multi-institutional trial. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2020 10; 89(4):679-685.
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Wang EE, Quinones J, Fitch MT, Dooley-Hash S, Griswold-Theodorson S, Medzon R, Korley F, Laack T, Robinett A, Clay L. Developing technical expertise in emergency medicine--the role of simulation in procedural skill acquisition. Acad Emerg Med. 2008 Nov; 15(11):1046-57.
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Stafford RE, Linn J, Washington L. Incidence and management of occult hemothoraces. Am J Surg. 2006 Dec; 192(6):722-6.
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Vricella LA, Trachiotis GD. Heimlich valve in the management of pneumothorax in patients with advanced AIDS. Chest. 2001 Jul; 120(1):15-8.
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Ferguson MK. Surgical management of intrapleural infections. Semin Respir Infect. 1999 Mar; 14(1):73-81.
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Trachiotis GD, Vricella LA, Alyono D, Aaron BL, Hix WR. Management of AIDS-related pneumothorax. Ann Thorac Surg. 1996 Dec; 62(6):1608-13.
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Martin T, Fontana G, Olak J, Ferguson M. Use of pleural catheter for the management of simple pneumothorax. Chest. 1996 Nov; 110(5):1169-72.
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Rantis PC, Prinz RA, Wagner RH. Neck radionuclide scanning: a pitfall in parathyroid localization. Am Surg. 1995 Aug; 61(8):641-5; discussion 645-6.
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Ferguson MK. Thoracoscopy for empyema, bronchopleural fistula, and chylothorax. Ann Thorac Surg. 1993 Sep; 56(3):644-5.
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York D, Dudek L, Larson R, Marshall W, Dries D. A comparison study of chest tube thoracostomy: air medical crew and in-hospital trauma service. Air Med J. 1993 Jul; 12(7):227-9.
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