Biomaterial Database

Simplified chest tube removal: a new technique. 1990

I Prats

Department of Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, Connecticut 06706.

There is a simple method to remove chest tubes using a transparent adhesive dressing. The dressing provides an inexpensive, comfortable, waterproof, and secure air-tight seal and also allows visualization of any drainage.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011187	Posture	The position or physical attitude of the body.	Postures
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000269	Adhesives	Substances that cause the adherence of two surfaces. They include glues (properly collagen-derived adhesives), mucilages, sticky pastes, gums, resins, or latex.	Glues,Mucilage Adhesive,Mucilage Adhesives,Mucilages, Adhesive,Adhesive,Adhesive Mucilage,Adhesive Mucilages,Adhesive, Mucilage,Adhesives, Mucilage,Glue,Mucilage, Adhesive
D001458	Bandages	Material used for wrapping or binding any part of the body.	Dressings,Bandage,Dressing
D014636	Valsalva Maneuver	Forced expiratory effort against a closed GLOTTIS.	Valsalva's Maneuver,Maneuver, Valsalva,Maneuver, Valsalva's,Maneuvers, Valsalva,Valsalva Maneuvers
D015505	Chest Tubes	Plastic tubes used for drainage of air or fluid from the pleural space. Their surgical insertion is called tube thoracostomy.	Chest Tube,Tube, Chest,Tubes, Chest