A chest tube is a thin, plastic tube that a doctor inserts into the pleural space, which is the area between the chest wall and the lungs. Doctors may need to use a chest tube for many purposes, such ...

Placing a chest tube is currently a routine procedure after thoracic surgery, with the aim of draining the gas and liquid from the thoracic cavity during and after surgery, and the aim of monitoring ...

Pneumothorax is a medical emergency: the collection of air in the pleural space separating the lung from the chest wall, causing it to collapse and resulting in suffocation. Pneumothorax is caused by ...

Incidentally detected pulmonary nodules often pose a diagnostic dilemma. In its 2017 guidelines, the Fleischner society recommends either positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) or ...