Thoracostomy tubes: A comprehensive review of complications and related topics

Michael Kwiatt¹, Abigail Tarbox², Mark J. Seamon³, Mamta Swaroop⁴, James Cipolla⁵, Charles Allen⁶, Stacinoel Hallenbeck⁶, H. Tracy Davido⁷, David E. Lindsey⁸, Vijay A. Doraiswamy⁹, Sagar Galwankar¹⁰, David Tulman¹¹, Nicholas Latchana¹¹, Thomas J. Papadimos⁸, Charles H. Cook⁸, Stanislaw P. A. Stawicki⁸, Michael Kwiatt¹, Abigail Tarbox², Mark J. Seamon³, Mamta Swaroop⁴, James Cipolla⁵, Charles Allen⁶, Stacinoel Hallenbeck⁶, H. Tracy Davido⁷, David E. Lindsey⁸, Vijay A. Doraiswamy⁹, Sagar Galwankar¹⁰, David Tulman¹¹, Nicholas Latchana¹¹, Thomas J. Papadimos⁸, Charles H. Cook⁸, Stanislaw P. A. Stawicki^8
1 Department of Surgery, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, USA
² Department of Surgery, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
³ OPUS 12 Foundation Global, Inc, USA
⁴ Department of Surgery, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; OPUS 12 Foundation Global, Inc, USA
⁵ Department of Surgery, Temple St Luke's Medical School, Bethlehem, PA; OPUS 12 Foundation Global, Inc, USA
⁶ Department of Surgery, Temple St Luke's Medical School, Bethlehem, PA, USA
⁷ Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
⁸ The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH; OPUS 12 Foundation Global, Inc, USA
⁹ Department of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ; OPUS 12 Foundation Global, Inc, USA
¹⁰ Department of Emergency Medicine, Winter Haven Hospital, University of Florida, Florida; OPUS 12 Foundation Global, Inc, USA
¹¹ The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA

Correspondence Address:
Stanislaw P. A. Stawicki
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care, and Burn, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Suite634, 395 West 12th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio
USA
Stanislaw P. A. Stawicki
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care, and Burn, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Suite634, 395 West 12th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio
USA

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/2229-5151.134182