Antibiotic prophylaxis is indicated for chest stab wounds requiring closed tube thoracostomy

1993 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 464-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. Cant ◽  
S. Smyth ◽  
D. O. Smart
Keyword(s):  
Antibiotic Prophylaxis ◽  
Tube Thoracostomy ◽  
Stab Wounds ◽  
Closed Tube

Utility of Chest Computed Tomography after a “Normal” Chest Radiograph in Patients with Thoracic Stab Wounds

2015 ◽  
Vol 81 (10) ◽  
pp. 965-968 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian M. Nguyen ◽  
David Plurad ◽  
Sadaf Abrishami ◽  
Angela Neville ◽  
Brant Putnam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Chest Radiograph ◽  
Tube Thoracostomy ◽  
Diagnostic Strategy ◽  
Stab Wounds ◽  
Chest Computed Tomography ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Normal Chest Radiograph ◽  
Normal Chest ◽  
Level I

Chest computed tomography (CCT) is used to screen for injuries in hemodynamically stable patients with penetrating injury. We aim to determine the incidence of missed injuries detected on CCT after a negative chest radiograph (CXR) in patients with thoracic stab wounds. A 10-year retrospective review of a Level I trauma center registry was performed on patients with thoracic stab wounds. Patients who were hemodynamically unstable or did not undergo both CXR and CCT were excluded. Patients with a negative CXR were evaluated to determine if additional findings were diagnosed on CCT. Of 386 patients with stab wounds to the chest, 154 (40%) underwent both CXR and CCT. One hundred and fifteen (75%) had a negative screening CXR. CCT identified injuries in 42 patients (37%) that were not seen on CXR. Pneumothorax and/or hemothorax occurred in 40 patients (35%), of which 14 patients underwent tube thoracostomy. Two patients had hemopericardium on CCT and both required operative intervention. Greater than one-third of patients with a normal screening CXR were found to have abnormalities on CCT. Future studies comparing repeat CXR to CCT are required to further define the optimal diagnostic strategy in patients with stab wounds to chest after normal screening CXR.

Risk Factors of Extensive Subcutaneous Emphysema after Closed-Tube Thoracostomy for Spontaneous Pneumothorax

2019 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-73
Author(s):  
Yoon Seop Kim ◽  
Kyoung-Chul Cha ◽  
Sung Oh Hwang ◽  
Sun Hyu Kim ◽  
Yong Won Kim
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Subcutaneous Emphysema ◽  
Spontaneous Pneumothorax ◽  
Tube Thoracostomy ◽  
Closed Tube

Preventive Antibiotic Usage in Traumatic Thoracic Injuries Requiring Closed Tube Thoracostomy

CHEST Journal ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 106 (5) ◽  
pp. 1493-1498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Lee Nichols ◽  
Jeffrey W. Smith ◽  
Anita C. Muzik ◽  
Edward J. Love ◽  
Norman E. McSwain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antibiotic Usage ◽  
Tube Thoracostomy ◽  
Thoracic Injuries ◽  
Closed Tube

Closed-Tube Thoracostomy—A New Technique Using a Disposable Surgical Trocar and Sleeve

1990 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 261-264
Author(s):  
Khaleel A. Shaikh ◽  
Jonathan H. Cilley ◽  
Anthony J. DelRossi
Keyword(s):  
Tube Thoracostomy ◽  
New Technique ◽  
Closed Tube ◽  
A New Technique

scholarly journals A novel and safe technique in closed tube thoracostomy

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Koray Dural ◽  
Gultekin Gulbahar ◽  
Bulent Kocer ◽  
Unal Sakinci
Keyword(s):  
Tube Thoracostomy ◽  
Closed Tube ◽  
Safe Technique

Systemic artery-to-pulmonary vascular shunt: a complication of closed-tube thoracostomy

1983 ◽  
Vol 140 (5) ◽  
pp. 917-919 ◽  
Author(s):  
AB Fein ◽  
JD Godwin ◽  
AV Moore ◽  
JF Moran ◽  
WG Young
Keyword(s):  
Tube Thoracostomy ◽  
Systemic Artery ◽  
Closed Tube
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