The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
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J Trauma Acute Care Surg · Aug 2014
Randomized Controlled TrialNegative pleural suction in thoracic trauma patients: A randomized controlled trial.
The study aimed to establish the benefits of using chest tubes with negative pleural suction against trapped water in patients with penetrating or blunt chest trauma who underwent tube thoracostomy, in terms of the incidence of complications, such as persistent air leak, clotted hemothorax, empyema, and duration of stay. ⋯ Therapeutic study, level II.