The small (14 Fr) percutaneous catheter (P-CAT) versus large (28–32 Fr) open chest tube for traumatic hemothorax: A multicenter randomized clinical trial

Narong Kulvatunyou, Zachary M. Bauman, Savo Bou Zein Edine, Marc de Moya, Casandra Krause, Kaushik Mukherjee, Lynn Gries, Andrew L. Tang, Bellal Joseph, Peter Rhee

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)809-813
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Volume91
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2021

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Surgery
  • Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

Keywords

  • Percutaneous catheter
  • chest tube
  • hemothorax
  • pigtail catheter
  • Drainage/adverse effects
  • Catheters/adverse effects
  • Prospective Studies
  • Hemothorax/etiology
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Length of Stay/statistics & numerical data
  • Male
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Thoracic Injuries/complications
  • Injury Severity Score
  • Chest Tubes/adverse effects
  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Aged

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