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Synonyms for thoracic

of or relating to the chest or thorax

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pectoral

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(16) reported the duration of hospital stay in patients who underwent thoracic tube placement to be 4.1 days and 10.4 days, respectively.

Analysis of 89 patients who underwent tube thoracostomy performed by general surgeons

A drainage tube was placed in the abdomen and a thoracic tube was placed in the pleural cavity.

A Case of Ruptured Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst of the Liver and Review of the Literature

Meanwhile, there existed no significant differences in intraoperative blood loss, duration of thoracic tube drainage and mean length of postoperative stay.

Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy: An alternative surgical method for pulmonary carcinoma

The majority (N=303) of patients in this series were treated conservatively, including 164 patients who underwent thoracic tube drainage.

Analysis of epidemiology, lesions, treatment and outcome of 354 consecutive cases of blunt and penetrating trauma to the chest in an African setting

Thoracic tube should be placed in presence of pneumothorax and hypertensive pneumomediastinum (6).

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