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An unusual complication of chest tube thoracostomy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 May 2015
Abstract
This paper describes a previously unreported complication of chest tube thoracostomy: scalpel blade dislodgement within the pleural space. Techniques and complications of chest tube thoracostomy are then discussed.
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