Saturday March 17, 2007
Anchor sutures at chest tube !
Falling off of chest tube is a major problem. Though never been tested in a clinical trial but applying 2 side by side anchor sutures along with mattress suture have been anecdotally said to void this problem. See step by step application of anchor and mattress sutures here (ref. Eur. Respir. journal 1998; 12: 958-959) - pdf link
Related: BTS guidelines for the insertion of a chest drain
1 comment:
All you need is a good surgeon to place the chest tube!!!..........let's not get scientific about suturing techniches!!!
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